New Licensing in Crystal Reports 9 Advanced
Edition
Effective May 1, 2003
Using the .NET, RDC or CRPE
components in Crystal Reports?
The Crystal Reports 9 Advanced licensing model is now simpler and more
cost-effective.
Open deployment license
With the .NET, RDC and CRPE components in Crystal Reports 9 Advanced
Edition, you can create and deploy as many server or web applications as you
want. Each of these applications can contain a single instance of a Crystal
Reports component* and can be deployed on a single server with one or
multiple CPUs. To install applications that use multiple instances of the
Crystal Reports component on a server or across multiple servers, the Web
Farm/Web Garden License is available.
Reduced pricing on expansion licenses
Developers who want to deploy server or web applications that use the
Crystal Reports 9 .NET, RDC or CRPE components in a web farm or web garden
can add on a new, cost-effective license. This new Web Farm/Web Garden
License, available for only $5,000 US per processor, enables you to deploy
multiple instances of these components on a single server or across multiple
servers.
More powerful processing
The Crystal Reports 9 .NET, RDC and CRPE components are designed to support
peaks in user loads so end users are not rejected. As user load increases,
the amount of time required to process a request will slowly increase. For
improved performance, developers can purchase a Web Farm/Web Garden License.
Unrestricted broadcasting rights
Developers who purchase and register Crystal Reports 9 Advanced Edition will
be extended the right to use Crystal Reports as part of an automated, static
Report Distribution System (Crystal Reports 9 Broadcast License) at no
additional charge.
Notes
* A single instance of the
Crystal Reports component supports three simultaneous requests to the
server. Additional requests are queued.
The above licensing applies to
use of the .NET, RDC and CRPE components only. Licensing for the Report
Application Server included in Crystal Reports has not changed except for
the right to broadcast static reports as part of automated solution. This
right applies to the .NET, RDC and CRPE reporting components as well as the
Report Application Server.
The above changes apply to all
customers who have purchased and registered Crystal Reports 9 Advanced
Edition.
