09-03-2014 01:37 PM
Hello,
1. If I develop an application with Visual Studio while using the NI-4882 adapter and my app contains some of the NationalInstruments.*.dlls specifically NationalInstruments.Common and nationalinstruments.Visans.dll and nationalinstruments.ni4882.dll, can I release that application publicly? I will indicate that they would need the NI-VISA runtime and mention if they have an NI4882 then that is free otherwise they need to pay NI for the runtime. is this correct?
Thanks!
09-03-2014 01:48 PM - edited 09-03-2014 01:51 PM
So for example if the user downloads the software and they have instruments connected via USB(instead of GPIB using NI-GPIB) can they use the application or would they need a license or do I need a license to allow them to use it, please clarify how they could get the runtime with regards to licensing.
I assume nothing would need to be done in the case where the user has ni-hardware is that right?
09-03-2014 03:26 PM
09-04-2014 04:18 PM - edited 09-04-2014 04:20 PM
Thanks Dennis.
Let me be more specific. Can I distribute an application that contains only the VIsa api libraries, the 3 that I mentioned above? My users are expected to have the relevant NI-VISA drivers/hardware from NI. I am not giving the runtime for NI-VISA. The instrumentation functions of the application are useless unless they've got the nI hardware/software themselves. So it would seem that this is ok since I'm not giving the NI-VISA software/runtime and those who are using it are the ones who have NI-hardware which would give them the right to use it. Let me know if I'm incorrect.
Thanks,
Amiel
09-04-2014 04:56 PM