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We recently received the following email questions from a tentative customer who wanted clarification regarding the licensing of the VOIP Media Engine product. We thought we would post the information here so that others can benefit:
Original Email:
To whom it may concern,
I have a question regarding the licensing requirements for the VOIP Media Engine.
We are developing an application that is sold roughly 100 times per year. Now we would like to integrate VoIP functionality in this application.
My question is: Do we need the same number of licenses for the VOIP Media Engine as units we sell of our application: 100 licenses for 100 units? Or do we need just one license for one application no matter how often we distribute it?
Best regards
Jan Deinhard
The response:
Hi Jan,
Thanks for contacting us regarding our VOIP products.
You will need a single media engine license fore each "application" you develop.
For example:
If you develop a soft phone, you would need a license. You can then distribute as many copies of your soft phone as needed.
If you develop a Voicemail server, you will need another license. You can then distribute as many copies of your voicemail server as needed.
If you integrate the media engine into your existing EXE application – that would require another license. You can then distribute as many copies of your application as needed. If your application is made up of many executables (EXEs) that all require VOIP capability, then a license will be required to integrate the media engine into each EXE.
Summary:
The licensing requirements are set up such that you purchase a media engine license and pay for it once. You then integrate the media engine into your single application and then distribute your application as many times as you want. Customers must purchase a media engine license for each application they integrate it into.
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| Posted: February 21 2007 at 1:28pm | IP Logged
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Hello,
I don´t understand very well 'VOIP Media Engine Licensing'. In this post you say that if I sell a SIP Soft Phone 100 times I must to purchase only a media engine license but in this link Licensing Requirements is wrotten this: 'If you develop a soft phone using the VOIP Media Engine and you sell it to 5 different clients, then you must purchase 5 VOIP Media Engine licenses - one for each client/customer.'
Could you explain it to me?
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Hi Hermes,
At the web page link you pointed out in your question, that particular licensing statement is geared towards “contract/consulting/custom software development companies”. If you are going to design a generic VOIP application (i.e. a soft phone with your company’s name and logos plastered all over it) that you generically sell to all of your customers, then you only need a single media engine license for that soft phone development. If your company is in the business of developing private labeled or custom software solutions that do not use your company name and logos, then additional licenses will be required.
For example:
Project 1:
If you work for a company that develops specific software for a specific client (i.e. private labeled VOIP applications for example) and that custom development effort uses the media engine and is developed specifically for that customer (using the customers company name, logos, etc), that custom development effort must have a valid media engine license.
Project 2:
Now lets say that your custom software solution for project 1 can now be applied to a new customer’s request and that project 1 will be changed to use the new customer’s name and logos all over it. In this case a new media engine license will have to be used for this second project.
The main difference in licensing is this:
If you develop a generic VOIP app using the media engine and your company names and logos are used – sell your generic app to whoever you want as many times as you want. This requires a single media engine license for the app.
If you develop VOIP applications that are private labeled and reflect the names/logos of your customers, then a media engine license is required for each of your specific customers.
We hope we have helped to clarify these licensing differences. We do not want our customers to be confused or surprised by our licensing requirements. We like to keep the licensing requirements as simple as possible for our customers while at the same time minimizing possible licensing abuse. For any additional questions, we are happy to discuss your specific licensing needs and have no issue with negotiating licensing details that benefit both our customers and LanScape.
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Topic: VOIP Media Engine Licensing
