Runtime engine differences

[Guillaume Dargaud]

Hello all,
I've long known (improperly assumed ?) that the CVI runtime engine was free
to distribute along with apps we develop. And nothing here seems to prove me
wrong:
http://joule.ni.com/nidu/cds/view/p/id/2245/lang/en 

Then I was surprised to see this:
http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/203157 

So am I reading this wrong or does it cost 1100$ to redistribute my apps for
Linux ?

Note that it's not clear if this is only the runtime or the full compiler
because it says "compile and run"...
--
Guillaume Dargaud
http://www.gdargaud.net/

[LuisG]

Hello Guillaume,

Your assumption is correct. The CVI runtime engine is free.

The cost of the Linux module is $1100, but this doesn't mean that you have to pay $1100 for each system where you want to install your application + the runtime. Purchasing the module (which I believe you already own) gives you the right to port your application to Linux. Once you have this license, you can distribute your application (along with the module, or simply the CVI runtime libraries if that's all you need) to as many Linux targets as you wish.

The key sentence in the page that you linked to is: "Compile and run Windows-created applications on multiple Linux distributions".

Luis

[Guillaume Dargaud]

Hi Luis,
Is there an official page to download the free linux CVI runtime (without
the compiler), so I can just point people to it without redistributing it
myself (assuming I ignore potential version compatibility problems) ?
Thanks
--
Guillaume Dargaud
http://www.gdargaud.net/

[LuisG]

Unfortunately, there is no separate installer/download for the runtime only, nor is there any tool to help you create an installer that includes the required libs. So you'll have to manually include the required libs along with your application, when you distribute it. Let me know if you have any questions about which NI library files you need to distribute.

Luis

[Guillaume Dargaud]

Thanks for the info. The first version of CVI for Linux had 2 separate CDs,
one for RTE only and one for compiler+RTE. I know because I got sent the
former when I bought the latter originally. Maybe this has changed.

Anyway, I was just wondering about it and it's not an issue as currently all
my apps are distributed internally and I perform the installs myself. But in
case I want to make some public I'll have to think about it...
--
Guillaume Dargaud
http://www.gdargaud.net/