Re: Open source options to RDi for offline source editing?

I wouldn’t worry too much Dan. Most companies do _not_ have the floating licenses - if I recall correctly they actually cost quite a lot more and are only effective at saving $s if you have a pretty large number of developers but only a small percentage of them need the tool at any given time.

The vast majority of companies use a single developer license which good for the person and will install on any machine even if not connected to the network. The license key is a separate file that can be carried around on a USB key and installed.


Jon Paris

www.partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com

On Feb 19, 2015, at 1:12 PM, Dan <dan27649@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Well, I can check, but I seriously doubt they'll let me connect my personal
laptop to the network, even if just to validate the license. In that case,
it would appear that I'm SOL for RDi on my personal machine. Unless I've
misunderstood something here.

But if I'm correct, it seems to me that a lot of people would be affected.
I'm finding most companies are locking down their networks nowadays,
*especially* if they're in any kind of financial sector.

Thoughts?

- Dan

On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 12:08 PM, Eric Simpson <esimpson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

When the license check is done in the product, it checks with Installation
Manager (which is where the licenses are registered). If either user
license or floating license is valid, then the license check succeeds. In
terms of user licenses, it could be a valid trial license or a permanent
license. In the case of a floating license, Installation Manager will
connect to the Rational License server that is defined in Installation
Manager for your company to see if there are available floating licenses.
In the case when you are offline and can't validate with your Rational
License server, as long as you have validated recently, it will still let
you work.

Thanks,
Eric

Eric Simpson
Rational Developer for i - Rational Developer for
AIX and Linux - Rational Developer for Power
IBM Software Group - Canada Lab
Phone: 905-413-3226 (T/L: 313-3226)
esimpson@xxxxxxxxxx

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