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Re: ARD Licensing Change with 2.2?



> So did they always license it that way, but had implemented it poorly, or
> did the license just change, or did they just mess up?

John DeTroye posted to the Remote Desktop list in January '04:

> As an interesting side note, I saw some odd responses concerning the
> numbers of ARD copies in use versus purchased. For those of you who are
> still wondering how the license agreement works -
> 
> A 10-user kit allows you to place -one- copy of the ARD admin on a
> single computer and manage no more than 10 client systems. Basically,
> if you create one or more lists, and the total number of systems you
> manage comes out to 11 or more, you need the bigger license.
> 
> An unlimited-user kit allows you to place -one- copy of the ARD admin
> on a single computer and create as many lists of managed systems as you
> want.
> 
> In no case does the ARD license allow more than one copy of the ARD
> admin to be installed per license. So if you have 5 techs using ARD and
> each of them has to manage 11 or more computers, you need 5 unlimited
> licenses.

So it looks like you were (inadvertently) previously not in compliance with
the license, and now they've updated the application to check that.
Annoying, but there you go.
-- 
Dave Pooser, ACSA, CCNA
Manager of Information Services
Alford Media  http://www.alfordmedia.com


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