According to yankee group analyst laura didio, software licensing should be based on the number of processor socketsnot the cores. Most personal computer software licenses allow you to run the program on. A bmw provides more value than a yugo, so the bmw costs more. Allowing an individual or group to use a piece of software. An introduction to microsoft sql server licensing flexera blog. Fast forward to a market where corebased licensing is normal, if not the. Software licensing is a way to collect payment from the customer in a way that reflects the value the customer received. Introduction to per core licensing and basic definitions introduction. What are all the common software license types and terms.
Oracle technology software programs licensing metrics processor metric definition. The processor metric is used to license all processors where oracle programs are installed andor running. Nearly all applications are licensed rather than sold. Directions on microsoft chap wes miller tweeted links. You will buy a license for every processor on the server that is running the software. This metric is commonly used for uncountable or hard to manage usercount populations processor metric calculations.
Feature capabilities or transactional capacities are good examples but the best choices will be a metric. The software licensing options remains the same for sql server 2016 as previously. Some are based on the number machines on which the licensed program can run whereas others are based on the number of users that can use the program. A hardware partition or blade is considered to be a separate physical hardware system, and, therefore, a separate server. Customers today license software from other major software vendors based on. Number of pvu entitlements required is based on the. Core licensing models for key microsoft products and software. For example, if a user has a user allocation with a quantity of 2 rights, but only one. A server is a physical hardware system capable of running server software.
What does vmware changing its licensing model mean for. There are a variety of different types of software licenses. License metrics are set in software entitlements and are used for. If source host has multiple sockets, you cannot exclude one or. In the case of software, it is harder to determine how much va. What is the difference between core based and user based licenses. Microsoft looks to be moving to percore licences, rather than percpu licences, for windows server 2016. Making sense of software licensing articles and howtos.
Licensing metrics allow customers to purchase based on user or usage. This article is a general introduction to software licensing. You will need to buy a license for every computer or device using the software. An enterprise agreement, such as the microsoft ea, is defined separately. Introduction to per core licensing and basic definitions april 2017 3 server. It will include access for an unlimited number of users. Is it only about the number and type of users who can access the server. Microsoft is the good guy in this one with oracle sticking to. Percore licences coming to windows server and system.
Introduction to per core licensing and basic definitions microsoft. Nearly all vmware software is licensed on a per cpu basis. Software licensing models ultimate guide 2020 software licensing for a small isv and the issue of open source by dan bricklin. Software licensing is a complicated topic, but knowing a little about software licensing can help you make sense of all that fine print. Introduction to per core licensing and basic definitions. To learn about specific microsoft server and client licensing scenarios, see an introduction to microsoft server and client licensing.
Definition of software licensing at the wayback machine archived july 21, 2011 by jon gillespiebrown at knol why product activation for software is becoming widespread at the wayback machine archived july 21, 2011 knol. The above example from vmwares announcement shows a simplified licensing chart. Why do software vendors still license by cpu or by core. For example, after you have assigned a software license to a server, you are. The management servers corebased licensing model used by system center standard and. Oracles software license gives you a nonexclusive and limited right to use the. The licensing model applies to host which vms to back up reside on, not to backup server. Software license is designated as userbased, the named. Corebased licensing provides a more precise measure of computing power and.