Re: PC Lint vs. splint

From: Dave Hansen (iddw_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/24/04 

Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 16:55:17 GMT

On 24 Nov 2004 16:14:42 GMT, Grant Edwards <grante@visi.com> wrote:

>On 2004-11-24, Dave Hansen <iddw@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
[...]
>> The only restriction of that type I see in the "workstation"
>> license is that it forbids you to access the program through a
>> network.
>
>That's ridiculous. I can't ssh in from home and work? I can't
>work with an X window displayed on a different machine?

Again, IANAL, but I believe you can. You are still the only user, and
you are running the program on that one workstation, and that
workstation isn't accessing the program over a network. The license
doesn't say you are limited to a single keyboard or display. As long
as you don't try to run the software on your local machine...

>
>Bah. Somebody should drag Gimpel into the 1990's.

Well, they do have floating licenses, with the cost delta for
additional simultaneous users at or below the cost for a single
workstation license. Of course, those have an even higher entry
point, and are limited to a LAN...

None of which explains why the cost of licensing FlexeLint is so much
greater than PC-lint. My best guess is that support costs might be
higher because of the distribution method.

But even at 4x the cost, that just means it takes a month to pay for
itself rather than a week.

Regards,

                               -=Dave 

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