FastInfoset.NET is licensed on a per-developer basis.
All developers that directly or indirectly use FastInfoset.NET or any part of it, including its Redistributables and its Embedded Code, must be licensed to use FastInfoset.NET.
A developer is considered to be any individual who participates in the creation, modification, configuration, compilation or linkage of software which includes, uses, links, references, accesses or merges with the Redistributables or the Embedded Code.
Both the Professional and Enterprise editions are available in the following types of licenses:
- Personal license - For 1 developer working on up to 2 computers
- Team 4 license - For up to 4 developers working on up to 8 computers in total
- Team 10 license - For up to 10 developers working on up to 20 computers in total
- Team 25 license - For up to 25 developers working on up to 50 computers in total
- Site 100 license - For up to 100 developers working on up to 200 computers in total and within a radius of 25 miles or 40 kilometers
- Site Wide license - For an unlimited number of developers working on an unlimited number of computers and within a radius of 100 miles or 160 kilometers
Royalty-free distribution
Once your software is ready, and depending on whether you have licensed the Professional or the Enterprise edition, you can distribute to your end users the Redistributables or the Embedded Code without paying any per-server, per-client or other type of runtime fees.
Redistributables
The Redistributables are assemblies that are included both in the Professional edition and in the Enterprise edition and are specially designated as Redistributables. You can distribute the Redistributables to end users in conjunction with and as an inseparable part of your software. End users cannot further distribute the Redistributables or use them in any software that they create.
Embedded Code
The Embedded Code is created by compiling the source code included in the Enterprise editions in combination with the source code of your software in such a manner that the compiled code of FastInfoset.NET becomes an integral and indistinguishable part of the compiled code of your software. You can distribute the Embedded Code to end users in conjunction with and as an inseparable part of your software. If you wish, you can permit end users of your software to further redistribute the Embedded Code either as part of your software or as part of derivate works of your software that they create. You can even create software components that use the Embedded Code. Using Embedded Code also enables you to hide the use of FastInfoset.NET, avoid dependencies on the Redistributables, reduce loading time and sign all assemblies with your own keys.
Support and Maintenance
Both editions include an initial subscription at no extra cost. A subscription provides you with Premium Support and Upgrade Protection while your subscription is active. For the Professional editions the duration of the included initial subscription is six months, for the Enterprise editions it is twelve months.
Premium Support
Premium Support offers you technical support for an unlimited number of issues. Whether you need assistance in using FastInfoset.NET, want to report a problem or would like to request new functionality, Premium Support is there for you. By improving your understanding of the available technologies, how they affect your design and how to make best use of them, Premium Support can also provide you with valuable assistance in building better systems and help you make more informed decisions.
Upgrade Protection
Upgrade Protection entitles you to freely download the latest versions of FastInfoset.NET during the term of your subscription. Free access to all releases, including minor updates and major upgrades, ensures that you can maintain FastInfoset.NET up-to-date and never miss its newest functionality.
Professional Edition Features
- All classes of FastInfoset.NET
- All classes of FastInfoset.NET
- Supported environments: .NET Framework 4.0, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, .NET Compact Framework 3.5, 2.0, Silverlight 4, 3
- Royalty-free distribution of Redistributables
- Unlimited premium support
- Minor version updates
- Major version upgrades
- Duration of included subscription 6 months
Enterprise Edition includes everything in the Professional Edition plus the following:
- Full source code of FastInfoset.NET
- Full source code of FastInfoset.NET
- Royalty-free distribution of Embedded Code
- Users of your software can create derivative works
- Users of your software can redistribute it further
- Can be used by software components
- Duration of included subscription 12 months
