INDES-IDS and SEGGER introduce Developer-Based Licensing

Similar to the very popular IAR PowerPac licensing model, INDES-IDS can now offer the full range of SEGGER products using the same developer-based licensing model.

"RTOS, Embedded File Systems, GUI, TCP/IP stacks and USB are nowadays seen a as commodity and developers want easy and hassle-free access to this middleware. As a result the developer-based licensing model has quickly become very popular amongst our customers" says Glenn Moloney of INDES-IDS. 

Royalty Free Licensing != free production

Even in the case of Royalty free licensing (as being offered by many RTOS & middleware vendors), it is still mandatory to buy out production rights (often upfront) for each end product or product family that enters production. This means that even after a first project was completed and went into production, new licenses will have to be purchased for each new product- or productline before it can enter production.

The RTOS and middleware has become a commodity.

Now virtually all applications that are developed require communication interfaces like Ethernet or USB, or middleware like Embedded (Flash) File system or Graphical User interfaces such out-of-the-box software components have become a part of the base platform of many application. This functionality has quickly become a commodity that Embedded Software Developers should have easy access to; without a worry about the economics of Production rights once a product get in Production.

Solution : SEGGER Developer-Based Licensing

Using developer-based licensing developers and engineering teams no longer have to worry about  production licenses. The group simply purchases the right to use the middleware for the developers involved, and any product developed is automatically covered, without the need for further product or product-line production licensing. This is ideal for companies that develop a range of end-products or even perform product development for others.

Effective immediately, INDES-IDS BV offers the developer-based licensing model for the full range of SEGGER ARM middleware, including the RTOS, GUI, File Sytem, TCP/IP stack and USB Host & Device stacks.


Other Licensing Models

Next to this new licensing model, we also continue to offer the 'classic' royalty-free production licensing models for SEGGER middleware. This can be more econimic in case of a large group of developers that are working on a single product or product-family. In this model production licenses are purchased for an end-product, product family or even unlimited for a CPU family, independent of the number of engineers working on it.

Please do not hesitate to contact Glenn Moloney at INDES-IDS BV  (Tel. +31 345-545.535) to discuss your middleware needs.

11-06-2010