Who is PSG?

PSG is short for Programming Solutions Group, our small team of professionals aiming to put their fingerprint on the world of software development. But before anything else, we are programmers, so we know and understand what is it you’re looking for and how things are really supposed to work.

Initially, we developed PSG SDK for our own applications, but soon we realized the creative potential of the platform, so we decided to offer it for everyone else too. Give it a try and see how easy it is to create powerful applications working over Internet.

However, you might want to read about our Business Model and Terms of Use beforehand, just to get these details out of the way. We promise it’s a light read!

Terms of Use

Here’s what you should know regarding the terms of use and please check the psgdistribution.txt file within the PSG SDK kit, as small differences may vary from one revision to another.

The basic module offers an installation kit for a PSG Server management console which also facilitates installation for all the required components. The current PSG application server is distributed as a ZIP file and it is installed within the management console.

A valid license file is required for the server to be functional.

One generic limited DEMO license file is provided for demonstrative purposes and can be used on any computer without registration.

Free licenses could be provided in some particular cases for eligible beneficiaries such as:

  • non profit charity organizations
  • state or government institutions:
    • public hospitals offering free services in a significant percentage and any other similar establishments
    • public schools and universities
  • college and university organizations - for internal use only (SAAS services offering not included).

If you wish to apply, please send an email with all the details to orders@psgsdk.com.

Business Model

PSG clients do not require the installation or usage of any license, however licenses are required for the server.

Here are the several types of the available different license packages:

  • users number/ server
  • users number and time period/ server (rental)
  • enterprise (site license)

Generally, licenses are sold only by software developers in conjunction with their solutions. The PSG license can be assimilated with the final application license for the end users.

Programming Solutions Group uses a business to business model (B2B) as a licensing policy and does not sell any licenses directly to the end users.

A license management solution is provided to the PSG SDK partners, this being used to register and create client licenses for final users, based on any PSG SDK license type.

The partnership package is free and issued license costs are linked to the committed volume.

PSG SDK partners may be software developers (companies or individuals).

All licenses are related to the hardware; therefore, a new license file should be issued when changes in hardware occur. Any new license request should be carefully evaluated so that it may correspond to a reasonable time period. Hardware service or accounting documents could be requested in this case.

The licenses issuer is allowed to stop providing a new license file when the provided explanation is not confirmed by any documents. For in-house software development departments, the same model will be used, plus a partner agreement with the company as the end user.

The software is provided in the actual configuration and PSG SDK cannot be held responsible and it will not be involved in any legal disputes related to the content resulted from running the PSG platform. Please check the partner agreement for more details (link aici)

The development tools are free and here are the conditions which should be met in order to obtain free PSG server access:

PSG server is offered for free in the following circumstances:

  • for development (up to 3 users/server only*), with no regard to the number of developers or server instances, when no license file required, no registration with Programming Solutions Group
  • non profit charity organizations
  • state or government institutions:
    • public hospitals offering free services in a significant percentage and any other similar establishments
    • public schools and universities
  • college and university organizations - for internal use only (SAAS services offering not included).

Observation: All the previous cases are connected only with Programming Solutions Group; therefore, some fees may apply depending on the protocol with the application owners, as PSG is the development platform only.

Note: if more users are required for extended tests, such as server stress testing, a temporary developer license could be requested for free at orders@psgsdk.com.