Two questions regarding licensing

[Benjamin_I_]

Hello,

I recently signed up for an evaluation of the Intel® C++ Composer XE for Linux. I am a PhD student  and part of my thesis is a FEM code i developed for solving electromagnetic eigenvaIue problems. have two questions regarding the evaluation period and the extension of the license.

1.) I signed up and downloaded the evaluation of the C++ Composer XE for Linux at my office at the university. Am I allowed to use this evaluation software at home, too? My rig at the university is pretty weak, and I have bought a new i7-4770k recently for my private machine. I'd love to test the performance of icpc icc and mkl on this cpu. I also work on my PhD thesis at home quite a lot.

2.) Is it possible to publish binary software containing shared or static libraries of mkl (and compiled with icpc) with an academic license? The code I developed is going to be released to other work groups who are working on the same topic, so this is quite important for me. Do I have to purchase a different license for this purpose?

Best regards

BaBene

[Yuan_C_Intel]

Hi, Benjamin

To answer your questions:

1) Yes, you are allowed to use it at homw. You may install copies of the product(C++ composer XE for Linux) on a reasonable number of computers to conduct your evaluation provided that you are the only individual using the product and only one copy of the product is in use at any one time.

2) We provided re-distributable libraries for you to deliver your binary to your co-works. Please see article below for details:

https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/redistributable-libraries-for-the-intel-c-and-fortran-composer-xe-2013-sp1-for-linux

Hope this helps.

Thank you.

[Benjamin_I_]

Hi Yolanda,

thank you very much! Question number 2 wasn't actually related to the technical aspects of redistribution with the MKL library, but more with the legal aspects. To make this clear let me reformulate this question:

Am I allowed to redistribute non commercial binary software compiled with icc and linked with mkl to the public, with an academic license?

I'd like to add an additional question:

Do I need to purchase a license for every platform that I'm going to release my software for (e.g. Linux and Windows)?

Best regards

Benjamin

[Yuan_C_Intel]

Hi, Benjamin

You does not need to purchase a license for the platform you release your software, but you just need a license on the platform where you develop your software with our products. That's to say the license is only required on your development platform.

Yes, you can redistributable your software compiled by icc and linked with mkl to public. If your binary contains any Intel provided libraries, only those redistributable libraries are allowed.

Hope this explains. Please let me know if you need more assistance.

Thanks.