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From: balderd@crocus.sasknet.sk.ca (Dave Balderstone)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: BSDI license policy
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 1995 09:39:38 -0700
Organization: Western Producer
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In article <KSTAILEY.95Mar10145704@leidecker.gsfc.nasa.gov>,
kstailey@leidecker.gsfc.nasa.gov (Kenneth Stailey) wrote:
> If the license policy is like the rest of the world an "4-user license"
> limits the use of one machine to 4 simultaneous users.
That's how it works. BSD uses an odd formula, however, to calculate what a
user is. Here's the info from BSD's pricing documentation:
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The numbers above are derived from sizes of popular multiport serial
boards and do not include a single user logged into each of the console
and two serial ports, for which there is no extra charge.
Note that # users means ``number of simultaneous users'':
* Each physical person logged in (potentially many times) is
a single user
* Each active incoming network service (such as FTP, HTTP/Mosaic and
NFS clients) counts as 0.1 users
* Each active UUCP, SLIP, & PPP line counts as a single user
Compute the `number of users' for your site with this formula:
Number_of_users = Number_of_different_people_logged_in +
0.1 * Number_non_login_network_connections +
number_of_serial_line_active_connections
For licensing purposes, the `# users' is the maximum value the above
formula ever achieves. The software does not regulate the number of
users; the purchase contract with BSDI does.
When the `maximum number of users' grows, upgrade your license by paying
the difference in license fees + $50.
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Clear as mud?
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