In my case I was quoted a minimum charge of $1500 and a max of $12,500 depending on the number of end users. All charges except the maximum require quarterly reporting of the number of end users. The problems with this are many.
I too am a freelance programmer developing a small app for a client. I have no way of know how many users will use the application (but since its a start-up I doubt very many), so to avoid the maximum charge I'd have to build in a end user counting framework to the app (that adds to my costs) then there is the question of how to report this data (my client couldn't care less about my need to report so I'd have to build in some auto report sending mechanism which adds to my costs. So all this rules out all but the 12,500 option which is several times the pay I am getting for this small app. Obviously these rates make no economic/business sense. Now let me tell you what does make sense. I did purchase a GUI framework library for the app at at cost of about $800. That was a high percentage of the pay I'm getting but I felt like it was worth the cost. I consider the PDF part to be less critical than the UI (I could have used HTML for instance...but PDF has some nicer features) so I would expect to pay less than $800. I was not hoping to pay just $5 as mentioned somewhere in this thread but given my usage of iText I think about $300 would be fair. (Plus I've already paid the $70 or so for the latest revised iText book) Just wondering, if you are proud of your rates for iText why not publish them on the web? -Dave On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 5:50 AM, Michael Schmodt <michael.schm...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi Bruno, > thank you very much for the clarification. I wrote to sa...@itextpdf.com and > described what type of application I am developing. I am programming as a > freelancer for customers who pay me and the 5000 $ is the wage for the whole > projects that take about one month (and not 5 days) to complete. The > customers themselves publish the applications.I neither have details about > the sales numbers, nor do I have the possibility to open source the > applications. From sa...@itextpdf.com I received the information, that I > needed an OEM license with the given prices. Obviously, there was a > communication problem and I will write to sa...@itextpdf.com again. I hope, > there is the possibility to find a compromise, because I otherwise would > have to stop using itext, which I really like. Maybe it could help to openly > communicate license details for commercial licenses on the net in order to > avoid misunderstandings. > > So, what license is needed in this case in order to get things right this > time? > > Bye, > Michael > > 2010/4/25 Bruno Lowagie <br...@lowagie.com> >> >> Michael Schmodt wrote: >> > P.S. I can post the mail from the sales department with the licensing >> > details, if you want. The prices are not my idea, but I received the >> > list from itextsoftware.com <http://itextsoftware.com>. >> >> I think you should post this to sa...@itextpdf.com >> because I think you are mixing different things. >> >> Seems like you are talking about the prices for an OEM license, >> but you sound like you need a limited number of simple end user >> licenses (end users who don't not distribute the product). >> There's a huge difference. >> >> Note that I know very little about the actual pricing. >> So it's best to discuss this with sales. >> >> On a personal note: >> >> What is the return on a /product/ that is made with a budget of >> only $5000? That's a product involving about 5 days of work >> (European price for a senior developer; imagine how much money >> I'm giving away giving free advice on this list). >> >> I don't understand. Wouldn't it be better to publish such >> a low-budget product for free and make it AGPL? >> >> Or are you talking about a /project/ you're doing for a customer who >> only pays $5000? 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