Re: User licensing for web acc SBS

[Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have reviewed the IBM i licensing documents and believe that I have
enough of an understanding to respond to the question. Whether browser or
any other client, that doesn't matter. What matters is whether a user is
"authenticating against IBM i".

I interpret the phrase "authenticating against IBM i" to mean
authenticating against such things as an IBM i user profile, user
validation list, user LDAP directory entry, etc. via an IBM i user
authentication API.

I don't believe that includes the use of authentication APIs that are NOT
part of IBM i, such as methods that you come up on your own.

If a user is not "authenticating" at all, then they are not considered "a
user", who is subject to user-based licensing fees.

In regard to browsers, any user of the browser-based Navigator for i, or
any other browser user interface that uses IBM i authentication, would be
"a user", subject to license fees.

HTH,

Nathan.




On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 1:16 PM, Adam Driver (MIT) <
adriver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Do users accessing the system via a web browser count as a user for
> licensing?
>
> Thanks
>
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