We are excited to announce that the IceLink 3 general release is now available! For this release, we have been focusing primarily on:
- Stability and performance for iOS, Android, macOS, Java, .NET, and JavaScript, making sure that everything is up to our standards.
- Revising and redesigning the examples to better reflect the power and flexibility of the IceLink API, including recording, toggling of streams, and live text chat side-by-side with a video call.
- Overhauling our documentation, including getting started and migration guides.
The new online documentation is live now, at the same address as before.
- Documentation: https://docs.frozenmountain.com/
- Migration Guide: https://docs.frozenmountain.com/icelink3/migrationguide.html
- Getting Started: https://docs.frozenmountain.com/icelink3/gettingstarted/
Support for Xamarin is coming very soon, as are brand new plugins for Internet Explorer and Safari.
License Keys
IceLink 3 uses a brand new license key system:
- To eliminate the need to download new libraries when switching from a trial to a paid license.
- To enable the delivery of individual framework libraries over popular centralized distribution channels like nuget.org, etc..
- To prevent accidental inclusion of trial libraries in production applications.
- To enable us to provide trial access faster by not having to do custom builds.
The license keys are based on JWT, so IceLink is able to validate quickly in-process at startup without any need to hit the network or "call home". We wouldn't want that in our software, and we know you don't want it in yours.
In the next couple weeks, we are launching a brand new website with full license key management tools. Until then, we are providing a temporary license key below that is valid until December 31, 2016:
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Using this in your application is as simple as calling License.SetKey and passing in the license key string:
https://docs.frozenmountain.com/icelink3/gettingstarted/license-keys.html
For convenience, the examples in the SDK are wired to read from a file ("icelink.key"), so you can also just paste your key there.
Note that the JavaScript SDK does not require a license key.
Head on over to the Downloads page to pick up the latest!
Comments
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With the new licensing, Will the application stop working when the license key expires? I feel like the licensing prior to now was perpetual with updates being based on the validity of your subscription, is this the same way, and the token will validate with versions released before a given date, or will I need to maintain the subscription in perpetuity or the functionality stops working?
There are two types of keys for IceLink 3:
The temporary key posted on the Downloads page is a trial license key that expires December 31, 2016. You can obtain your purchased license key in a couple weeks when we release our new website, which includes a new area for you to manage your products and keys.
Check out "Types of Keys" here for more info:
https://docs.frozenmountain.com/icelink3/gettingstarted/license-keys.html
Perfect. Thanks for the clarification Anton. You guys make great stuff, and we're excited to get our product migrated over the v3.
I'm looking to purchase the license prior to the end of the year - is the existing license purchase page for the 3.X release?
Yes. Your support subscription includes access to all past versions of IceLink (both v2 and v3), as well as future updates (both v2 and v3) until the subscription expires.
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