Mainframe Consumption Licensing (MCL)
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- Kind
- Consumption
- Term
- Contract term with annual true-up; renewal negotiated at term end
- Aliases
- MCL
- Definition
- "Mainframe Consumption Licensing (MCL) is Broadcom’s new software licensing model which allows customers to pay for only the hours they use within their Z/OS mainframe environment." (MCL FAQ v3.0.)
- Commercial rules
- Baseline of MSUs set for the contract term with an overage price; monthly ISV SCRT report by the 10th day of the month; annual true-up; MSU roll-over between true-up periods; unlimited Application Dev/Test standard but optional; supports IBM Tailored Fit Hardware Program; service providers may contract for the exclusive use of a specific customer.
- Applies to
- Broadcom mainframe software products running on IBM z/OS.
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