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TDN access for team

by Dave Kite · in Torque Game Engine · 08/04/2006 (5:42 pm) · 9 replies

Hi there - Can I (as the only license holder) give team members their own seperate logins to the TDN?
I am fine buying whichever license is needed (already indie license holder), but I do not want my team all accessing the TDN via my profile...

Thanks in advance.
Dave

#1
08/04/2006 (5:50 pm)
They'd have to buy their own licenses, since TDN deals with source code as well as script. If you read the EULA, no one else but the license holder is allowed to work with or view Torque C++ source code..

Letting them access license-holder only content through your account is an extreme violation of the EULA.
#2
08/05/2006 (4:37 am)
It's not a good way to build teams... There should be a way of letting me give team members access to TDN support. Even if I/my compnay has to buy several licenses...
Perhaps GG should introduce, secondary passes, which allow team members access to TDN resources - I'd even pay an extra fee for this...
Any views from GG?
Dave
#3
08/07/2006 (1:40 pm)
Commercial licenses can be transferred by a company between programmers. The Indie license cannot -- it is an individual, non-tranferrable license.
#4
08/07/2006 (2:21 pm)
"Hi there - Can I (as the only license holder) give team members their own seperate logins to the TDN?"

Dave I don't see why you wouldn't be able to do this. No one said you can only have one indie license per company/team. Just create new logins for your team members and purchase licenses through each of them.
#5
08/07/2006 (3:48 pm)
Indie licences are non-transferable. Each of your team members will have to buy their own indie license.
#6
08/07/2006 (4:41 pm)
Thanks everyone - So if I understand.
1. I cannot buy a 2nd indie licence and let another team member use it for login into TDN?
2. If I have a commercial licence - other people would be able to use it. However, if this is the case...

and one more question please:-
3. What does 'seat licence' mean - If I have the commercial licence can I then let team members use Torque at different machines, or do they have to share the same one (surely not)?

Would I be able to give seperate logins to team-members for TGN? If not, it would mean any team member using TDN would have access to my pesonal details?
Dave
#7
08/07/2006 (4:52 pm)
Hi Dave,

1. You can't transfer an indie license -- so you could have another team member buy a license through your credit card, or you could reimburse the $100, etc, but then Torque would be licensed to that individual and would be non-transferrable.

3. One seat means one person, not one computer. If you have a commercial license you can assign it to one member of your team, and that will give that person TDN access rights.

Does that help?
#8
10/28/2006 (9:03 am)
So this implies that TDN is not a resource intended for non-programmers. Is this correct? Artists and scripters, who do not need to be licensed on the team, would not get added value from that site?
#9
10/28/2006 (9:31 am)
Yes, it has info on how to set up lighing, models etc etc