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Nor one newbee's question !
I do not understand the concrete5's licence concept. So I kept some free themes and add-ons in my cart connected to my new concrete's website. But i can not download them because i have no more available licences !
How does-it works ?
I do not understand the concrete5's licence concept. So I kept some free themes and add-ons in my cart connected to my new concrete's website. But i can not download them because i have no more available licences !
How does-it works ?
One licence is valid on one site. No more!
However, you can also use that licence on development and staging sites for that one live site.
For 5 licences most add-ons have a 5-pack deal.
However, you can also use that licence on development and staging sites for that one live site.
For 5 licences most add-ons have a 5-pack deal.
PaolioMark's answer here is unfortunately very wrong (no offense intended here, but a confusing or wrong answer on a forum like this is worse than no answer at all)
As JohnTheFish has clarified:
- One licence per use of the add-on/theme on a site. This isn't anything like Apple's device count.. nothing at all.
- The exception is for testing/staging servers, it's not really about how many copies you've made of a package, it's about how many are ACTIVELY being used on production sites.
- Individual licences are associated with sites you connect to the marketplace with your concrete5 account.
I'll carefully add that:
- You don't _technically_ need to attach licences to projects to install them - via the licences section of a concrete5 account purchased packages can be downloaded for manual installation. If you do it this way however, concrete5 won't check for updates for the add-ons (there's still an easy way to update them, but it's a manual process)
- So it's recommended to connect sites to the marketplace and manage things that way, but I wanted to point out that you can still download packages and run a site completely separately from the marketplace if you so wish. Concrete5 doesn't employ some DRM or copy protection system, it just has a way for you to keep track of what licences is assigned to where, providing an easy way to install and update things. There's no lock-in to the marketplace as such.
- Ultimately it's about being fair to developers who are likely to have spent weeks or months coding up your $20 add-on!
As JohnTheFish has clarified:
- One licence per use of the add-on/theme on a site. This isn't anything like Apple's device count.. nothing at all.
- The exception is for testing/staging servers, it's not really about how many copies you've made of a package, it's about how many are ACTIVELY being used on production sites.
- Individual licences are associated with sites you connect to the marketplace with your concrete5 account.
I'll carefully add that:
- You don't _technically_ need to attach licences to projects to install them - via the licences section of a concrete5 account purchased packages can be downloaded for manual installation. If you do it this way however, concrete5 won't check for updates for the add-ons (there's still an easy way to update them, but it's a manual process)
- So it's recommended to connect sites to the marketplace and manage things that way, but I wanted to point out that you can still download packages and run a site completely separately from the marketplace if you so wish. Concrete5 doesn't employ some DRM or copy protection system, it just has a way for you to keep track of what licences is assigned to where, providing an easy way to install and update things. There's no lock-in to the marketplace as such.
- Ultimately it's about being fair to developers who are likely to have spent weeks or months coding up your $20 add-on!
Thanks to all, especially for mesuva. Your answer is very clear and useful.
So One question more, for others newbees. is there somewhere in the concrete documentation where i can find such important answers ?
So One question more, for others newbees. is there somewhere in the concrete documentation where i can find such important answers ?
Good answers gang, thx!
" 1. License Grant. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, Customer is granted a limited, non-transferable, non-exclusive license to use the Software Application for a single website and a single staging or development version. Customer may not offer the System for resale without expressed permission from DEVELOPMENT PARTNER. "
http://www.concrete5.org/help/legal/commercial_add-on_license/...
" 1. License Grant. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, Customer is granted a limited, non-transferable, non-exclusive license to use the Software Application for a single website and a single staging or development version. Customer may not offer the System for resale without expressed permission from DEVELOPMENT PARTNER. "
http://www.concrete5.org/help/legal/commercial_add-on_license/...
Regarding the terms "one license", "live site", and "development environment"... I have a site, mysite.com, all of my other sites are hosted below this site: site1.com, site2.com, site3.com
What I would like to do is build the site at mysite.com to develop and showcase ALL of the addons I use on sites 1,2,and 3, and Concrete5. I would expect a majority of the addons would be fully functional, with the exception of ecommerce type addons, where the fucntionality would be limited. I.e. Paypal sandbox, etc.
I would like this site to be live for visitors to see my web design efforts in live action. Is this acceptable for me to use the licenses in this manner to develop with a site like this?? Could this be considered a "development environment" per say ??
Appreciate any feedback you give me frz, thanks!
What I would like to do is build the site at mysite.com to develop and showcase ALL of the addons I use on sites 1,2,and 3, and Concrete5. I would expect a majority of the addons would be fully functional, with the exception of ecommerce type addons, where the fucntionality would be limited. I.e. Paypal sandbox, etc.
I would like this site to be live for visitors to see my web design efforts in live action. Is this acceptable for me to use the licenses in this manner to develop with a site like this?? Could this be considered a "development environment" per say ??
Appreciate any feedback you give me frz, thanks!
We think of the install and database as a "site".
If you're running multiple instances pointing to multiple databases, that's multiple sites = multiple licenses.
If you're mapping more than one domain to a single install, with something like the domain mapper, that's a single database = single license.
If you're running multiple instances pointing to multiple databases, that's multiple sites = multiple licenses.
If you're mapping more than one domain to a single install, with something like the domain mapper, that's a single database = single license.
Thanks !!
No, you don't.
1 (one) license for a live site.
Whatever you need to get that site live.
http://www.concrete5.org/help/legal/commercial_add-on_license...
1 (one) license for a live site.
Whatever you need to get that site live.
http://www.concrete5.org/help/legal/commercial_add-on_license...
In my impression it is a bit like how Apple used to have a device count on songs you bought on iTunes. Want it on six devices buy another copy seemed to work in that case.
As the license for the tool exists on the server and interacts with Concrete 5 I am not sure you can download it. Unlike Dreamweaver you need to be connected to your site to edit it to the best of my knowledge. Offline editing capability wouldn't surprise me but I don't recall ever installing any software aside from what is installed on your web host.