Licensing options
Flexible licensing options to FME Desktop are offered to meet your specific spatial ETL requirements. FME Desktop software can be licensed on a single fixed (node locked) or floating (concurrent) basis. FME Server only supports the floating licence model to licence FME engines.
An Annual Maintenance Contract (AMC) is included in the product price for the first year.
Evaluation Licences (or Trial Licences)
Evaluation licences are time-limited fully functional licences that expire after a set number of days to enable you to "try before you buy".
Single-Fixed Licence (or Node-Locked Licensing)
A single-fixed FME licence will work on only one specific computer. The registration wizard generates a unique registration key for this computer, and Dotted Eyes uses this registration key to create the licence file. Therefore, if you install the same FME licence file on a different computer, FME will not run. A new licence is required if the hard drive is reformatted, or if FME is installed on a new computer. (Please note that when FME is installed on a new computer, FME must be uninstalled from the old computer to comply with the licensing agreement).
Example scenario: Two users in your team need to use FME. Each person has his own computer. Two single-fixed licences are required.
Note: This licence type is not supported on Citrix systems or in situations where a mapped network drive is being used in place of a local C drive. See floating licences.
Available for: FME Desktop
Floating Licence (or concurrent licensing)
A floating licence enables a number of concurrent users to simultaneously access a single FME deployment. FlexLM software is installed on a machine that acts as a licence server by issuing a licence to any client computer that requests one. If the number of user requests exceeds the number of floating licences purchased, a user will need to wait until one of the active FME users closes FME on their computer so that the FME licence is returned to the licence server.
The concurrent licence model supports 'Borrowing' licences from version 2010, ask your Account Manager for more information.
Example Scenario: Ten people need to use FME but it is likely that only five people will need to be using the software at the same time. FME is installed on each user’s computer. Any workstation can run FME, but a maximum of five workstations can access FME at any one time. If a sixth person tries to use FME, he will have to wait until one of the first five users has finished using the application.
Available for: FME Desktop and FME Server
Installation and licensing instructions.
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