Lexical Analysis Software Ltd.

Network versus Individual Licences

You want a number of people to use WordSmith but aren't sure which suits you.

There are 2 possibilities.

• NETWORK SITE LICENCE -- the main advantages are : cheaper, only one installation; the disadvantages are: slower (network delays).


How it works: let's imagine a student at a PC and a network drive called N: at a given university. When the student runs N:\wsmith5\wordsmith.exe, wordsmith first checks on N:\wsmith5 itself that the licence is valid; it then reads N:\wsmith5\wordsmith.ini and reads in that where individual settings for students should be read and written. Let's imagine that the network section of N:\wsmith5\wordsmith.ini says the answer is Q:\wsmith5. WordSmith then looks in Q:\wsmith5 for the client's individual preferences. (In such a case N: would be a drive where only system administrators can install or write, and Q: would be local to the PC or a networked drive where that student can write as well as read.)


• INDIVIDUAL -- the main advantages are : quicker, personal for the student/employee; the disadvantages are: more expensive, re-installation or upgrade on multiple PCs.

Either way, the licence is valid forever and the software can be updated freely as often as you like while it still develops (ie. until there is a new major version).