This page contains frequently asked questions about End Users License Agreement (EULA) of dotConnect for Google BigQuery. When you have a question on licensing first of all please browse through this list. If this page does not contain the answer, refer to contact page. You can get the full text of EULA by installing any edition of dotConnect for Google BigQuery on your workstation - a copy of EULA (License.rtf) will be available in the product installation folder.

License types

We are a team of three developers and need to deploy the solution on four servers. Which License will be appropriate for our project?

Every licensed developer is entitled to install and use dotConnect for Google BigQuery on one or more computers, provided it is used only by this developer for the sole purposes of developing, testing, and deploying applications in accordance with our EULA. For three developers, you need three Developer licenses or a Site license, which covers an unlimited number of developers within a single company. Any license allows deploying your application to an unlimited number of desktops, workstations, and non-production servers within your company. To deploy the application to production servers, you need a Server license for each production server, so four Server licenses in your case.

Does your EULA mean I have to get a licence even for developers from my team/company who have nothing to do with database access?

Only licensed developers are entitled to use dotConnect for Google BigQuery, i.e. to compile the assemblies which have the direct references to the Devart assemblies, to use Devart classes. If only particular developer(-s) works on database access level (DAL), it makes sense to move DAL in a separate assembly (DLL) which will be built only by this licensed developer(-s). Be aware that this DLL can be used only inside your company (this wrapper must not be distributed). In this case, you don't need the license for the developers who will use DLL with DAL.

What are the restrictions on the Site License? Is "single company" defined as one location (US only)? How about for a company with different locations around the world; will Site license cover it?

With the Site license, dotConnect for Google BigQuery can be used by an unlimited number of developers within a single company at one physical address. "Single company" means one juridical name at one physical address. Every office of a company with different locations around the world should have its own separate license. Site License allows to install and use dotConnect on one or more computers, provided it is used by developers in a single company at one physical address for the sole purposes of developing, testing, and deploying applications.

Deployment and distribution

Do end-users of my own product that uses the Devart assemblies need a license?

No, end-users of your application do not need their own license. However, to distribute your application to third parties, you need the OEM license.

If we purchased a license to use dotConnect in Visual Studio, shall we need a separate license to deploy our application to customer's site?

Any dotConnect for Google BigQuery license allows deploying your application to an unlimited number of desktops, workstations, and non-production servers within your company. To deploy the application to a production server, you need a Server license for each server. To distribute the application to third parties, such as your customers, you need the OEM license. Licenses purchased before December 18, 2025 retain the right to deploy applications to production servers and to third parties without additional fees.

Are we allowed to distribute dotConnect for Google BigQuery with our software to our customers or is there a royalty / licence fee involved?

With the OEM license, you can redistribute and deploy applications created with dotConnect to third parties without additional fees payable to Devart. The run-time Devart assemblies must be redistributed in such a way that they cannot be reused by any application other than your solution.

Subscription and upgrades

Is there an expiration of the license or is it permanent?

dotConnect for Google BigQuery is sold on the subscription basis: during a year after the purchase you can download the new versions released in this period. But the license itself is permanent in the sense that a particular version can be used without any time limitations.

I bought the dotConnect for Google BigQuery a while ago. I wanted to know how can I upgrade?

To download the latest version of dotConnect for Google BigQuery, please use the credentials (URL to Customer Portal, account name, and password) that were sent to you after the purchase of our product. If you didn't receive this information or want to check your subscription status, please contact our Sales department and specify your license number and/or the mail address for which you've registered dotConnect for Google BigQuery.

I'm thinking about purchasing the dotConnect for Google BigQuery product for my team, but I was wondering if it is possible to upgrade from "Developer" licenses to the "Site" license within a certain amount of time?

To upgrade Developer licenses to the Site license, you need to pay the difference between license prices.

If the module do not need to upgrade dotConnect version in the future, do we need to buy the subscription renewal? What does the benefit to buy this subscription renewal?

No, you don't. dotConnect for Google BigQuery license is perpetual. The benefit to buy a subscription renewal is getting access to the latest builds with the new features and bug fixes.

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