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pierrehuber
pierrehuber
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June 24, 2019
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Licence cost in a simple case

  • June 24, 2019
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Hello all Adobe Air lovers ...

I have a simple case (not a real case but it is just to make me an idea about Adobe Air licensing)

A software company with 5 developpers, developping only one application with Adobe Air captive runtime for windows

This company have 20 customers with 10 users each of this application (200 users total)

This company sell this application as a service 3 000 € a year by user (total : 3 000 x 10 users x 20 customers = 600 000 € each year)

This company have decided to use Adobe Air SDK 32 and will never upgrade it

Is anybody can help me about how this company is supposed to pay to Adobe for using SDK and the captive runtime of Air ?

Thank you for your help ...

Pierre

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Correct answer Leo Kanel

That would be 10k dollars / year or 1.6% of the yearly revenue.

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Leo Kanel
Inspiring
June 24, 2019

Well it is not actually AIR as we know it is heading to EOL. 32 is the last version developed and distributed by Adobe.

Adobe failed to meet the requirements of Android so they gave the hot ball to Harman, who is charging based on a 3 tier plan in order to continue to support AIR. So the tiers are Free for really small revenues / developer, then $200 / year, then $1000 / year and final $2k / year.

They also said that if you exceed the 1k / month, you can have a discount but it is not defined.

And that was a recap of the situation of AIR in 2019.

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zwetan_uk
Inspiring
June 24, 2019

https://forums.adobe.com/people/Leo+Kanel  wrote

Well it is not actually AIR as we know it is heading to EOL. 32 is the last version developed and distributed by Adobe.

Adobe failed to meet the requirements of Android so they gave the hot ball to Harman, who is charging based on a 3 tier plan in order to continue to support AIR. So the tiers are Free for really small revenues / developer, then $200 / year, then $1000 / year and final $2k / year.

They also said that if you exceed the 1k / month, you can have a discount but it is not defined.

And that was a recap of the situation of AIR in 2019.

How AIR is heading to EOL when HARMAN is taking over its development?

How is it OK for you to get paid when you develop software but others have to do it for free when you use their software?

a $2k license per year compared to a developer salary is literally nothing, not even the price of their laptop/desktop dev machine

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    ASWC
    Inspiring
    June 25, 2019

    Leo is correct, maybe you did not read his post correctly, AIR 32 is EOL since as of NOW it will receive only "basic" update and will stop receiving any update as of 2020. After that it will be available to use "at your own risks" which might be fine for indy developers but for companies it will be unprofessional to offer to a customer base.

    Anyone with an AIR product that is supposed to last a few years at least will have eventually to stop using AIR 32 and move to AIR33 and above (and pay the fees). Of course you would say "no, they won't have to, they can use AIR32 forever", but that's only true if you don't care about your app's users and don't care to let them deal with the security risks.

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      ASWC
      Inspiring
      June 24, 2019

      That should be 0, but AIR 32 will stop receiving updates as of 2020 and will get (quote) "basic security updates" from now on, so it's free but not the best for your customer security wise.

      pierrehuber
      pierrehuberAuthor
      New Participant
      June 24, 2019

      Thank you Leo and ASWC for your replies ...

      And have you an idea of the cost if the company will decide to use next versions of Adobe Air with this simple case ?

      Pierre

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      Leo KanelCorrect answer
      Inspiring
      June 24, 2019

      That would be 10k dollars / year or 1.6% of the yearly revenue.

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      Leo Kanel
      Inspiring
      June 24, 2019

      If you stick to AIR 32 you don't have to pay. AIR32 will continue as is, and also get security maintenance updates, until its EOL on 2020. After that you may have to update.

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