Prince may be purchased under one of several licenses. The EULA describes the licenses in a legal language. This document tries to answer frequently asked questions about the licenses in a common language.
Absolutely, our Commercial Site License is perfect for running in the cloud or on your own cluster.
We offer Per-Server Licensing to government institutions and other non-commercial services.
Very. While we do not promise numbers in the EULA, we do our best and we're very good at what we do. The Prince Forum shows the quality and timeliness of the support we provide.
Not really. We typically sell directly to customers. In the past we have found that direct contact is the most efficient.
A Commercial Site License allows Prince to be run on any number of servers – in the cloud or on your own cluster – for an annual fee which includes upgrades and support. The documents you generate can be of commercial nature, e.g. invoices, reports, monthly statements, and other communication to customers you have a commercial relationship with.
Fees are based on the type and number of documents you generate. Prince is a high-end product, but fees are reasonable and start around US$2000. Please contact us for a friendly quote.
Yes, you will need a Commercial Site License if you generate documents that you send to customers.
Definitely.
No, if you have a Commercial Site License you may install Prince on any type of server regardless of memory, clock speed, processors or cores.
Yes, with a Commercial Site License you may install Prince on any number of servers needed to run your service.
We can give you an offer for serving both domains. Please contact us.
Please tell us what kind of content will processed (invoices? textbooks?), whether you will brand the documents yourself or if they will be branded others (which logo will be on top of the documents?), from which domain(s) the documents will be offered, and how many documents you expect to generate per month.
You need an OEM License if you want to redistribute Prince, e.g. as part of your own product.
Prices are negotiated on a case-by-case basis: the price and expected distribution of the application is taken into account. If you tell us more about your application — what it does, how many copies you expect to sell/distribute, and what you plan to charge — we will provide you with a price quote. You can contact us.
Yes, DocRaptor.
Yes.
Yes.
There's a logo in the upper right corner on the first page of generated PDF files. You are not allowed to remove the logo (e.g., by removing the first page of the PDF file) or assist or encourage others to remove it.
Also, you must place prominent links to www.princexml.com on your Web site, at the places the PDF documents are served and in a page listing your partners. If you send the PDF documents in email, the message body must contain our URL.
Prince and the Generated PDFs must be used for non-commercial purposes (see follow up questions).
The license doesn't distinguish between commercial and non-commercial organizations. Instead, it distinguishes between commercial and non-commercial purposes. This is the key sentence from the license:
"Non-commercial Purposes" means the production of documents (a) for which no fees are charged, and (b) which are not part of a monetary transaction system (such as, but not limited, to invoices and receipts), and (c) for which no other income (such as, but not limited to, subscription fees, income from advertising, or sale of consumables) is generated.
Correct. For example, a newspaper may offer PDF versions of their articles using the Non-commercial License; as long as the articles are offered at no cost without any advertising.
No. Non-commercial organizations can only use the Non-commercial License for non-commercial purposes. For example, they cannot use the Non-commercial License to generate documents for which they charge fees, nor can they use the non-commercial License to create invoices.
Yes, as long as the advertising doesn't appear in the generated PDF documents.
Not if those other sites or services are of commercial nature. For example, you may not promote services for which you charge subscription fees. If in doubt, contact us.
You may do so if the PDF documents are also available to others without paying the fees and under the same terms. Also, remember to link back to the www.princexml.com website.
You may do so if the PDF documents are also available to others without paying the fees and under the same terms. Also, remember to link back to the www.princexml.com website.
Only if those books are distributed for free, or at the cost of printing.
There are several good reasons to buy a license:
Please send an email to feedback@princexml.com with the address of your site.
Yes, we offer Prince Server Licenses to government institutions and other non-commercial services. Here's our discount ladder:
| Licenses | Discount | Price per unit (Server) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0% | $3800 |
| 2 | 10% | $3420 |
| 3 | 20% | $3040 |
| 4 | 25% | $2850 |
| 5+ | 30% | $2660 |
No, one License is sufficient. One Prince Server License can only run on one production server, but the license can be installed on up to two other computers.
Most companies have moved to server farms or cloud services where the Commercial Site License makes more sense as you do not need to count servers. Also, a Prince Server License cannot be used to generate documents of commercial nature, e.g. communiation between a comany and its customers.
Due to the restrictions on Prince Server Licenses, your existing Prince Server License may not be suitable for your current use. We will take your existing licenses into account when giving you a quote for a Commercial Site License.
Yes.
The Desktop License can be used by authors who self-publish their books, and by organizations that create documents for internal use.
No. A Desktop License can only be installed on single desktop computer, and Prince must be operated by a human sitting by that computer, either via the GUI or command line. You cannot log into a remote computer to use the Desktop License.
The Desktop license may only be used for self-publishing, or for producing documents for internal use.
Self-publishing means the publication of documents by authors at their own cost, without the involvement of a publisher.
Yes, Academic discounts apply to the Server and Desktop Licenses and reduce the price by 50%. Academic discounts are available to academic institutions and restrictions apply (see below).
No, academic discounts apply to academic institutions such as schools and universities. You could ask your institution to purchase the software for you or the Non-commercial License may be suitable.
An Academic License can only be used for academic purposes. By this we mean the production of dissertations, papers, lecture notes, hand-outs and similar documents or publications of academic character for distribution on the Web, at lectures, or through university bookstores or similar academic channels that are not of a strictly commercial character. A university press run on commercial terms is considered to be strictly commercial.
