We have 10 developers. All 10 use ONE server to do development work (design, coding, testing ONLY!). We have a Developer Edition licence for EACH developer. Is this OK? We have 10GB plus in test data and do not want to replicate that to each desktop.
According to the Developer Edition EULA, I would say NO. It looks like you can only have one developer (and a few testers, I forget the number) per server. It says NOTHING about having more than one developer access the same server under this license. The Developer Edition EULA appears to be designed around installing a database on a desktop just for that developer, not installing a central database that all developers use.AFAIK thats fine.
You would only need to switch from the Dev licence once your apps are in an actual production environment ie making someone very rich. In which case you would need the appropriate server licence, cal's, vs's and so forth.
It is a very difficult field to understand, however Microsoft are getting ever better at making things clear and easy to understand; this site should make it even easier for you to answer questions; http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/default.mspx
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