I am traveling a lot, so I would like to have houdini indie on both my workstation as well as my laptop. I don't need to run them simultaneously.

I saw the mentioning of a floating license:http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1206 [sidefx.com] but cannot find any other info.

Does anyone know where to find more information about this?

Thanks, Robert

The floating licenses are for commercial licenses. Indie licenses are node-locked to one machine.

You can see comparisons here. The licensing and pricing section shows which versions support floating (labelled as local and global access in the chart) licenses:

http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=219&Itemid=382 [sidefx.com]

Thanks a lot Robert,

Yes I figured it out already and started with a single indie license.

Regards, Robert

fwiw, i would prolly pay $250-300 for a floating indie license. are we haggling? lol (even if it could only float between two computers–ie, my laptop and desktop)

What… :shock:

Does that actually excist, a floating indie licence and for $300?
Didn't know that, will check it out.

Thanks for mentioning.

Regards, Robert

No it doesn't exist; they're just saying “If it did exist, here's how much I'd pay for it.”

Luke Letellier
No it doesn't exist; they're just saying “If it did exist, here's how much I'd pay for it.”

Oh yeas indeed! One should not reply on the forum so early in the morning I guess .

For what its worth,……. I would also pay that. :wink:

Thanks, Robert

twelveplusplus
fwiw, i would prolly pay $250-300 for a floating indie license. are we haggling? lol (even if it could only float between two computers–ie, my laptop and desktop)

Me too and I would even pay up to 500 if it'd support 3rd party renderers (with limited resolution)….

twelveplusplus
fwiw, i would prolly pay $250-300 for a floating indie license. are we haggling? lol (even if it could only float between two computers–ie, my laptop and desktop)

For an extra $100, you could run it on both machines at the same time