1 License is required per Developer Seat, with a 1 year subscription included.
Applications created with the software can be distributed Run-Time Royalty free, with 2 specific restrictions for the .NET Report Designer & VSView Reporting ActiveX. (See below).

Licensing Explanation: When you buy 1 license you may use the software on your laptop computer and on your desktop computer, as long as the software is not used on the laptop and desktop computers concurrently. If you need to use the software concurrently on both the laptop and the desktop computer, then 2 licenses are required.  A team of 4 developers will need to buy 4 licenses as 1 license is required per developer using the product. You may not share the component parts of this “Studio” product licensed to you with other developers, nor may you allow the use and/or installation of the components by other developers. You are be able to distribute the applications you create with the software free of charge, as the product is Run-time Royalty Free, subject to the special restrictions explained below.

Subscription Explanation: This product is sold with an annual subscription. The subscription entitles you to updates for this product for one year after purchase. Your subscription starts when you purchase the product and will expire one year later, at midnight on the previous day to the date purchased. For example if you purchase the product on 04/May/2010 then your subscription will expire at midnight on 03/May/2011. This is from date of purchase, and not date of registration. If you wish to continue to receive updates for this product after the first year, you will need to renew your subscription. ComponentOne Studio Enterprise has 3 releases per year and these are scheduled for the middle of the month in March, July and November each year.

Important Note: There are Run-time Restrictions on 2 components of this Studio product. There are run-time restrictions on the distribution of the ComponentOne Reports for .NET Designer Edition and the VSView Reporting Edition (ActiveX) components, that are subject to the specific terms and conditions described in the ComponentOne End User License Agreement (EULA). Should you require any further information please, do not hesitate to contact us.

Excerpt from the ComponentOne End User License Agreement (EULA):

“2. Your Development License.  You are hereby granted a limited, royalty-free, non-exclusive right to use the SOFTWARE to design, develop, and test Developed Software, on the express condition that, and only for so long as, you fully comply with all terms and conditions of this EULA. 

The SOFTWARE is licensed to you on a Developer Seat License basis.

Developer Seat License basis means that you may perform an installation of the SOFTWARE for use in designing, testing and creating Developed Software by a single Developer on one or more computers, each with a single set of input devices, so long as 1) such computer/computers is/are used only by one single Developer at any given time and not concurrently and, 2) the user is the primary User to whom the license has been granted.  Conversely, you may not install or use the SOFTWARE on a computer that is a network server or a computer at which the SOFTWARE is used by more than one Developer.  You may not network the SOFTWARE or any component part of it, where it is or may be used by more than one Developer unless you purchase an additional Development License for each Developer.  You must purchase another separate license to the SOFTWARE in order to add additional developer seats, whether the additional developers are accessing the SOFTWARE in a stand-alone environment or on a computer network.”

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Excerpt from the ComponentOne End User License Agreement (EULA) for the 2 specific Run-time Restrictions:

“4.  Specific Product Limitations.  Notwithstanding anything in this EULA to the contrary, if the license you have purchased is for any of the following products, then the following additional limitations will apply:

a. ComponentOne Reports for .NET Designer Edition. ComponentOne Reports for .NET Designer Edition includes at least: 1) one dynamic link library file (c1.win.c1reportdesigner.dll) known as C1ReportDesigner Component, 2) one executable file (ReportDesigner.exe) known as C1ReportDesigner Application and, 3) the Source Code of the C1ReportDesigner Application. The C1ReportDesigner Component is subject to the general terms and restrictions set forth in this EULA. The C1ReportDesigner Application is an executable file used to design and prepare reports; the C1ReportDesigner Application may be distributed, free of royalties, only in conjunction with the Developed Software.

C1 hereby also grants you the right to use and to modify the C1ReportDesigner Application Source Code to create derivative works that are based on the licensed Source Code. You may distribute such derivative works, solely in object code format and exclusively in conjunction with and/or as a part of the Developed Software. You are expressly not granted the right to distribute, disclose or otherwise make available to any third party the licensed Source Code, any portion, modified version or derivative work thereof, in source code format.

C1 shall retain all right, title and interest in and to the licensed Source Code, and all C1 updates, modifications or enhancements thereof. Nothing herein shall be deemed to transfer any ownership or title rights in and to the licensed Source Code from C1 to you.

SOURCE CODE IS LICENSED TO YOU AS IS. C1 DOES NOT AND SHALL NOT PROVIDE YOU WITH ANY TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR YOUR SOURCE CODE LICENSE.

b. VSView Reporting Edition (ActiveX). VSView Reporting Edition includes at least one executable file listed as “VSRptX.exe” (where X indicates the version number i.e.7,8, etc.), known as “Designer.” The file "VSRptX.exe”, or any upgrade or future versions of the Designer, are subject to the restrictions set forth in this EULA and may not be distributed with your Developed Software or in any other way”.