What is a Network Floating License?

A network floating license is a license to execute one of Artwork's programs on any workstation attached to the local network. This enables a group of engineers to share the use of a program. Network licenses are counted in terms of concurrent users. If a department owns a single network license then only one user can execute the program. Other users who attempt to execute the program while a copy is currently running will be denied.

Generally speaking, each instance is counted even if the additional instances are running on the same CPU.

Does a single license support different CPU types?

A single license server can support execution of an application on a different CPU type since all licensing uses TCP/IP sockets that are essentially OS independent. However when Artwork sells a floating license it only includes a single binary executable. If you need to run on different CPU's you will need to purchase a binary for each CPU.

Example

If you purchase a single network license for GDSPLOT and you specify Sun Solaris as the desired platform then all of the Sun Solaris workstations on your network will be able to execute GDPSLOT. If you wish to execute GDSPLOT on an HPUX workstation also attached to the network you need to purchase the HPUX binary of GDSPLOT. There is a discount when purchasing additional binaries for a given network license server.

Can I share a single license accross facilities in different cities or buildings?

No. We define a network license to cover a department or a building.

If I have multiple floating licenses of a single program do I need to keep all of them under support?

Yes, you cannot choose to update only 2 copies if you have 5 licenses. However if you wish to keep older copies running we can arrange keycodes that enable you to run a mix of older and newer versions of the same program.