PLC/ALC (perpetual license with Annual License Charge)
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- Kind
- Perpetual + maintenance
- Term
- Perpetual license; ALC billed yearly.
- Aliases
- PLC; ALC; Primary License Charge; Annual License Charge; perpetual
- Definition
- “PLC means Primary License Charge applicable to each license of a 3DS Offering ordered under the PLC/ALC pricing structure. The PLC is a one-time and non-refundable charge. Payment of the PLC for a 3DS Offering provides Customer with a perpetual license (subject to the conditions set forth in the Agreement) to use the Release of such 3DS Offering made available by 3DS on the Effective Date of the license.” ALC “is a yearly charge” that entitles Customer to Support Services for one year and to use the Releases made available during that year.
- Commercial rules
- ALC is due with the PLC for the first year. ALC renewal price = previous year price plus the last published country price increase, published at www.3ds.com/terms/price at least 90 days before renewal, capped by the applicable price index. Lapsed Support Services may be reinstated only for all licenses of the Licensed Program and against back fees plus a 50% reinstatement fee (Support Policies §9). SOLIDWORKS: annual reactivation “does not affect the perpetual license right to use granted under the PLC pricing structure” (OST §2.1).
- Applies to
- Licensed Programs under SOLIDWORKS Desktop, 3DEXPERIENCE and V5 OSTs.