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Foundry Program

License Transfer Policy

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Kind
Transfer policy
Term
Per request
Definition
Foundry’s rules for issuing replacement licence keys when a licence key is moved to another computer or server, a perpetual licence with active maintenance becomes an annual subscription, or an offline licence becomes login-based.
Commercial rules
Always at Foundry’s sole discretion; may carry an administrative fee; no transfers across countries or to a parent, subsidiary or affiliate, or where maintenance has lapsed or the licensee is in breach or insolvent; old keys must be removed within 2 days.
Applies to
Offline licences

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A transfer may carry an administrative fee
"we reserve the right to charge an administrative fee(s) towards the cost of our time and management in effecting the transfer."

License Transfer Policy, Our approachLICENSE TRANSFER POLICYRetrieved 2026-10-08

Licence transfers are not allowed to another country or to affiliates
"to your parent company, subsidiary, affiliate, associated company, branch or office."

License Transfer Policy, Our approachLICENSE TRANSFER POLICYRetrieved 2026-10-08

Licences may not be assigned, sublicensed, shared or transferred
"assign, sublicense, sell, distribute, transfer, pledge, lease, rent, lend, share or export the Software"

EULA §3(a)On-PREM End User License AgreementRetrieved 2026-10-08

Moving licences between computers or servers is at Foundry’s sole discretion
"is in Foundry’s sole discretion and is subject to and strictly in accordance with Foundry’s License Transfer Policy"

EULA §3 (unnumbered paragraph)On-PREM End User License AgreementRetrieved 2026-10-08

Nodelocked licences are locked to a machine and need no licence server
"Moving to another machine requires submitting a license transfer form and deleting the old license file"

Licensing page, License typesLicensing | FoundryRetrieved 2026-10-08

Old licence keys must be removed within two days of receiving new keys
"You must remove all transferred license keys on the originating machine within 2 days of receiving the new license keys."

License Transfer Policy, Your responsibilitiesLICENSE TRANSFER POLICYRetrieved 2026-10-08

Perpetual licences with maintenance can be exchanged for annual subscriptions in the same quantity
"in the same quantity, as the original perpetual license."

License Transfer Policy, Our approachLICENSE TRANSFER POLICYRetrieved 2026-10-08

Transfers are refused where paid maintenance has lapsed
"if your paid access to that program has lapsed."

License Transfer Policy, Our approachLICENSE TRANSFER POLICYRetrieved 2026-10-08

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