About LEADTOOLS Runtime Licenses
For products that require a “runtime license” the customer must execute a Duplication and Distribution License (“Runtime Agreement”) which together with the LEADTOOLS EULA will govern the customer’s use of LEADTOOLS. The Runtime Agreement will require the customer to purchase desk top, concurrent or server runtime licenses as a condition of either internally deploying or commercially distributing the application developed with LEADTOOLS.
The following LEADTOOLS SDKs require a Runtime Agreement:
LEADTOOLS Document Imaging Enterprise
LEADTOOLS Virtual Printer Module
LEADTOOLS Medical Multimedia Module
LEADTOOLS Video Streaming Module
LEADTOOLS MPEG-2 Transport Module
LEAD DirectShow Filters and Codecs
The Licensing Dialog
If you have licensed a LEADTOOLS SDK requiring runtime licenses, you will notice that when compiling your application or running our demos, a dialog box will occasionally pop up reminding you of the runtime license requirement:
We use this licensing dialog so that you can begin programming right away without having to wait for management or legal department approval of the required licensing documentation. This allows you to begin your project while management is working on the licensing documents with LEAD’s licensing department.
Eliminating the Licensing Dialog
LEAD will provide you with instructions to eliminate the licensing dialog as soon as you sign the Runtime Agreement. Once you have completed the Runtime Agreement, please print it and fax it to LEAD’s licensing department using the accompanying Runtime Agreement Transmittal form. Once we receive the signed agreement and transmittal form, we will send you a set of instructions to eliminate the licensing dialog. The licensing dialog elimination procedure will only take you a couple of minutes to implement.
NOTE: We package our products requiring runtime licenses so that all product sets are enabled in the installation while the license dialog is present. Therefore, if the licensing dialog is being displayed, substantially ALL FEATURES of our product line will be enabled. When we provide you the unlock instructions and you compile your application, only the features that are included in the specific product that you have licensed will be available. The features of products that are not under license will be locked. You can consult the help file or contact our support department to determine which product configuration includes the functions you plan to use.
Purchasing Runtime Licenses
No runtime license purchase is required at the time you send us the Runtime Agreement since one (1) desk top runtime license is included with your initial purchase of LEADTOOLS SDK. You are only required to purchase additional runtimes if you deploy the application software to more than one (1) stand-alone computer, or are deploying the application software on a production server. Runtime licenses for these additional deployments may be purchased at the prices set forth in the Runtime Agreement on a trailing basis after you deploy the application software. Another way to purchase runtime licenses is to prepay the licenses prior to the time you deploy the Application Software. By prepaying for deployments before you deploy your application, you can realize substantial licensing cost savings!
Quarterly Reporting
The Runtime Agreements require that you account to LEAD by sending us a quarterly report indicating the number of deployments you have made during the recently ended quarter. LEAD will mail you the necessary deployment reporting forms on a quarterly basis well in advance of the due date for reporting. The form is very simple to complete and you can respond by email, fax or mail. LEAD does offer quantity unlimited licenses for some of our products. With the unlimited licenses, you are not required to report your deployment quantities or pay a per copy deployment rate. To inquire further about our quantity unlimited runtime options, please send an email to oemsales@leadtools.com or call our sales department at 704-332-5532.
License Termination and Suspension
The quarterly reporting requirements described above must be complied with in order to maintain your license. If you do not submit quarterly deployment reports, your account will be flagged and you will not be eligible to receive technical support or upgrades. LEAD also reserves the right to conduct an audit to determine the number of copies of application software you have deployed. If you are not actively deploying copies of your application, you can request suspension of the quarterly reporting requirement. In addition, you can also voluntarily terminate your license and be relieved of the obligation to complete the quarterly reports going forward by certifying that you are not developing or deploying software with LEADTOOLS and have destroyed your copy of the software.
For more information, refer to:
Runtime License Agreement Summary
Runtime License Frequently Asked Questions
LEADTOOLS Duplication and Distribution License