Portable Firefox License?
Thu, 04/23/2009 - 00:08 — 1nf0c0p411
Is one Portable Firefox install the same as one PC (for the License)
Is one Portable Firefox install the same as one PC (for the License)
Good question. The way the
Good question. The way the license is worded right now, no. But I didn't think of Portable Firefox when the license was written. I think the license should be changed to accomodate Portable Firefox.... I will do so. It should be "one Firefox installation (any number of Firefox profiles)" or something similar.
Eric
Plus a dual boot may use the
Plus a dual boot may use the same profile, but it's two different firefox installs.
(the way I interrupt this is two PCs, even though it's one PC & Two OSes.)
I use Firefox on my computers & I'd buy one license for my one Windows install, but If I was using F. Portable
I'd need up to 31 Licenses, one for each computer in the lab (currently 30) Plus My one Windows install.
Plus another License for Ubuntu on the same Computer. which is ok with me, In terms of software licensing one OS = one PC seems standard, but PortableApps & cross platform one profile backups (
Lifehacker post on DropboxPortable)Makes me want to Doublecheck.
I guess that this profile will be a backup only, kept only on the flash drive. Portable Firefox as far as I know can only handle one profile, but you did bring up another point, I use three profiles on the same computer. one is for pattern tests, one for class & one for home. this would be running the installer once & running profile manager twice, on each OS it's installed on.
When the License is rewritten to accommodate Portable Firefox, I'll have a reason to jump on board & try it.
The only feature that is different than the standard FoxyProxy is Windows only, & I'd only be using it on a flash drive due to the one profile limit. I can't afford 31 Licenses & Don't use the same computer Everyday.
When "Provide username/password credentials in each proxy configuration" feature comes out, I'll be wanting to use fpp for my other installs too.
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