Licensing

V4P is free of charge until further notice. You do not need a license to run V4P - just install it and have fun. For V3S you need a license according to the table below.

	Student	Educational	Private	Professional	Ultimate
Validity How long is the license valid, starting from the day of purchase?	6 Month	6 Month	12 Month	12 Month	12 Month
Locks/Workstations On how many workstations can the license be installed? Licenses are node-locked using the MAC address.	1	unlimited	1	1
Persons How many persons are allowed to use the license (even if on the same or on different workstations)?	1	unlimited	1	1	1
Supports V3S Can you use V3S with the license?
Supports V4P Can you use V4P with the license?
Remarks/Notes Please read the additional remarks below.	-	(1)	(2)	-	(3)
No Popup-Window Indicates whether the popup-window is shown for some time after each startup.
Commercial Use Does the license include commercial usage? If not, the license must only be used for educational/private purposes.
Full Functionality Are all features supported by the respective license?
Software Updates Does the license allow to install software updates?
Locking Mechanism How is the license bound to a specific workstation?	MAC  The Media Access Control Address (MAC) is the unique identifier of your network interface controller (NIC). Licenses are bound to single workstations and use the MAC address for validation.	-	MAC  The Media Access Control Address (MAC) is the unique identifier of your network interface controller (NIC). Licenses are bound to single workstations and use the MAC address for validation.	MAC  The Media Access Control Address (MAC) is the unique identifier of your network interface controller (NIC). Licenses are bound to single workstations and use the MAC address for validation.	4x MAC  The Media Access Control Address (MAC) is the unique identifier of your network interface controller (NIC). Licenses are bound to single workstations and use the MAC address for validation.
Locking Summary Summary of licensing conditions, seats per user, locking mechansim, etc.	1 person 1 workstation	-	1 person 1 workstation	1 person 1 workstation	1 person 4 workstations
	Free!	Free!	€30 $42	€125 $175	€180 $250
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Remarks

1. Educational licenses are for lecturers of HDL teaching classes. The lecturer is allowed to install the license on all workstations in the lab, and even give the license to all participating students for their private computers.
2. Private Licenses are for private, i.e. non-commercial, use only.
3. Ultimate Licenses can be installed on up to four workstations, but are still bound to a single person. This is usefull if you have, e.g., a stationary PC and a laptop at work, and probably also want to use the license with your private equipment at home.

If you feel the need for a "personal" license type for whatever reason (e.g., your situation is not covered by one of the above licenses, node-locking is not practical for you, etc.), feel free to   contact me. I will try my best to suit your needs and find a reasonable solution.