InterBase License Options

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This section summarizes the license provisions and add-on options available for each InterBase product. For the purposes of this chapter, an “add-on” refers to an InterBase feature or option you can purchase to “add-on” to the InterBase product(s) you have already purchased. Each add-on comes with its own license agreement. To purchase an InterBase add-on, see your sales or Value-Added Reseller () representative, or go to the Embarcadero.com website.

To view available InterBase add-ons and licenses, you can use the InterBase License Manager, which installs with your product. For more information, see Using the License Manager.

Note:
To distribute the InterBase software to third parties as bundled with your own software application or installed on your hardware, you must contact Embarcadero Technologies and enter into an Original Equipment Manager (OEM) license agreement.

Server Edition

InterBase Server Edition software provides strong, symmetric multiple processing support, and robust database and server monitoring facilities.

The InterBase Server Edition License allows you to:

  • Install Server Edition software on a single computer.
  • Make up to four (4) connections per user to the machine on which the server software is running.
  • The provisions for each server license are specific to the single computer for which the server software is licensed. For example, if you purchase two server licenses for 20 users each, you cannot increase the number of licensed users to 40 on a single instance of the server. Please use "Add-on" licenses to increase the user capacity per instance of InterBase server.
Note:
You can use the same serial number to install and register Server Edition software on a second computer for backup purposes as long as the second computer is not used concurrently with the primary installation.

Add-ons available for the Server Edition

The following add-ons are available for the Server Edition:

  • InterBase Simultaneous User License
To connect users to Server Edition software, you must purchase as many Simultaneous User Licenses as you have simultaneous users wanting to connect to that server instance. For example, if 10 different end users connect to the database server, you must first purchase 10-User Simultaneous User licenses. Each user count in this Simultaneous User License allows a single user up to four (4) connections to the Server software.
  • InterBase Unlimited Users License
Use this license to allow an unlimited number of users to access the software. To enable your users to connect to the Server Edition software via an unrestricted-access Internet application, you must purchase an Unlimited User License.
  • InterBase Additional CPUs License
Every license certificate you purchase allows you to install and execute the software on one computer with up to eight (8) CPUs for each license. The Additional CPUs license enables an additional 8 CPU cores per license up to a limit of 32 on the system.

Developer Edition

The Developer Edition License is limited to use of the Server Edition for development purposes only, using solely client applications executing on the same, single computer as the server. This license grants no rights for use in a production environment.

There are no add-ons available for the Developer Server Edition.

Desktop Edition

The InterBase Desktop Edition is an InterBase database server designed to run in a stand-alone environment for use by a single end user. You can deploy the Desktop Edition on a desktop, laptop, or other mobile computer.

The InterBase Desktop Edition license enables you to:

  • Install a single copy of the Desktop Edition on a single computer for your internal data processing needs only
  • Log into the same computer on which the software is running and make up to eight (8) connections to the InterBase Desktop Edition software.

There are no add-ons available for the Desktop Server Edition.

ToGo Edition

The InterBase ToGo Edition is a small, portable version of the Desktop Edition, and is designed to run in a stand-alone environment. Refer to System Requirements/Prerequisites for a list of supported platforms.

The InterBase ToGo license enables the purchaser to:

  • Deploy applications that are embedded with the InterBase ToGo engine (DLL's).
  • Deploy ToGo Edition software on a standalone computer for use by a single end user.

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