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Re:Introducing JetBrains Toolbox by Stratoscope on Thursday September 03, 2015 @01:13PM (#10166130)
From the FAQ:

> 9. Can I use my personal license on multiple machines?

> You may install the license on more than one machine but it may be used on only one machine at a time. To run multiple installations simultaneously, each instance requires a separate license.

https://sales.jetbrains.com/hc/en-gb (#9 under License Types and Users)

Will I still be able to run multiple instances of ReSharper on the same machine? This is pretty essential to my workflow. For example, I have three instances of VS2015 open at the moment: One for my Unity project, another for a C# plugin, and a third for the installer. ReSharper runs fine in all of them.

I can also run these on my Windows machine while having IDEA open on my Mac. (Actually the Windows machine is a Parallels VM, but same difference.) Will this capability go away? That would be unfortunate.

Re:Introducing JetBrains Toolbox by gorohoroh on Thursday September 03, 2015 @01:50PM (#10166452)
Yes, nothing changes in this respect: you can run multiple instances of Visual Studio with ReSharper on the same machine.

Co-using IJ and ReSharper should be fine as well, as long as it's you and only you using them.

Re:Introducing JetBrains Toolbox by cscharenberg on Thursday September 03, 2015 @01:47PM (#10166427)
This is a good question. I usually have multiple PyCharm instances running and have never had a problem. I never thought about it until my wife started up PyCharm on my other computer and I got a notice saying another computer on the network was using a license and one of us needed to quit.

JetBrains needs to reassure us multiple instances are ok on same machine and across VMs. Will running the IDE in OS X and also a guest Linux VM look like multi-machine use? If so, that's really a bad flaw in licensing.

Re:Introducing JetBrains Toolbox by Stratoscope on Thursday September 03, 2015 @02:02PM (#10166540)
I was under the impression that they treat a VM like a separate machine - but now I'm not sure. I started IDEA in OSX and a Windows 10 VM on the same machine ten minutes ago, and so far neither instance has complained. I know IDEA has complained when I've run it on the Mac and my ThinkPad.

If this is legit and I can run IDEA on the host machine and in one or more VMs on the same machine, that would be a very good thing for multiplatform developers.

Re:Introducing JetBrains Toolbox by gorohoroh on Thursday September 03, 2015 @01:53PM (#10166471)
We're not changing anything in this regard: if it works now, it will work the same way with new subscription licenses.

If you encounter a case when a setup like this doesn't work, please contact JetBrains and we'll look into resolving the problem.

Re:Introducing JetBrains Toolbox by snuxoll on Thursday September 03, 2015 @01:59PM (#10166522)
Nothing is changing as far as multi-machine or multi-instance usage is concerned. JetBrains products talk on the network periodically to find if another instance is running on a different computer and will force you to close one of them, you can run as many instances on the same computer without any issues.
Re:Introducing JetBrains Toolbox by hhariri on Thursday September 03, 2015 @01:27PM (#10166268)
Could you please link to the FAQ entry for this?
Re:Introducing JetBrains Toolbox by Stratoscope on Thursday September 03, 2015 @02:13PM (#10166605)
Good idea, thanks. I updated my comment above with the link.