[p4] Multiple clients - single user

[Dave Lewis]

you can have as many servers as you want, so long as each person has a license.
so, if you have 20 users, you can set up as many servers as you want,
using those
20 licenses for the same 20 users.  If you have 40 users, 20 licenses,
you cannot
setup two servers and have 1/2 use each server.

So, I guess its something like each license is assigned to a specifc user on a
per site basis.

dave


On 6/15/07, David Weintraub <qazwart at gmail.com> wrote:
> One of the nice things about Perforce is that they are rather
> trustworthy with their licensing issue. For example, Perforce will
> give you a set of spare licenses for a backup server.
>
> This allows you to setup a backup server with all Perforce licenses
> already installed and waiting. Now, there is nothing stopping you from
> giving this backup machine to another department and letting them use
> it as their main server. Perforce is basically trusting you on this
> issue. Perforce will also give you a free license for integrating into
> a defect tracking system -- most other companies will charge for that.
>
> I remember using another revision control system which went down. We
> got a backup server, restored our source archive, and then had to wait
> a week until we got a new license. The company that sold us the
> software first had to make sure that our support was up to date and
> that our main server really did go down.
>
> It took three days for this company to decide that our software
> support was up to date (which included us having to fax them a copy of
> the check as proof of payment. And, it took another 3 days to convince
> them that our system did crash, and we weren't attempting to get free
> licenses.
>
> It is nice to have a company that actually trusts its customers.