>Hi Mike,
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>When you got the 50 client license, you registered all of those to yourself, correct? Then as you sell your solution, the license goes to the client? So I would imagine that the app is something you sell to the clients as opposed to lease?
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>Basically what I'm planning on doing is taking an app I developed and making a web-based version. I'm thiking that some clients would want the option to lease, like a subscription, instead of buying these days. If a client wants to lease the app, obviously I will have to provide all of the required components, one of which would be a WWC license if I go that route. In this case, I would guess that I register the license to myself, so if the client stops leasing the application, I can then use that license for another client.
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>On the other hand, if the client buys the application, then the WWC license would be sold along with it and I would have to buy another one for the next client that came along.
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>Of course, after the first two leases or sales, I'd probably have enough for the unlimited license and then this is no longer a problem... right?
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>Pardon my ignorance on this, but this is new territory for me. In the past, everything was internal to the company I worked for. I just want to make sure that I know the costs involved for my planned venture.
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>Thanks for your insights and help,
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>- Brian
Brian;

No problem - it took me some figuring to work this out, too.

When you buy the 50 server license, it's for distribution only - so the client does NOT end up with the West-Wind framework - just the runtime.

There's no client registration involved - you need to keep track of it yourself, and buy more licensing when you've sold 50 copies of your app. Being a developer yourself, I'm sure you're sensitive to the importance of being honest with this count - especially when the cost of doing so is this reasonable <g>!

When a client stops leasing your app, you'll want some mechanism in place to assure yourself that they're no longer using it (for your own benefit) - so then you've freed that license. Perhaps their server needs to hit your server annually for confirmation, or maybe you send them an encrypted floppy to activate it for another year. So long as they can't defeat it by setting back their server's clock - right?

I think you're right about volume - when you've sold 25, you know you've got a hit on your hands and you'll want to either buy unlimited distribution or just host the darned app yourself, on your own server farm.