Altium LLC End-User License Agreement (October 2025)
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- Kind
- Contract
- Format
- Applies to
- EULA for Altium desktop software, extensions and libraries: definitions of geographic scope, Authorized Users, Term-Based and perpetual licences, Subscription Service; section 2 grant; section 3 restrictions and verification; sections 8 to 16 term, liability, assignment and governing law. Dated October 2025; the document gives no day.
- Evidence
- EULA grants use within the licensed geographic scope and user count
- A Single Site is no greater than 800 metres in radius
- Continental rights cover one of five defined regions
- Global rights cover multiple sites designated in the Order Form
- Affiliates and other sites need their own licences
- Persons outside the geographic scope may not use a floating licence
- Contractors may use the software like employees if under confidentiality
- Use beyond the licensed users ends the EULA immediately
- Authorized Users can be added by paying current pricing before use
- Temporary Use is allowed within the licensed copy count
- A single-computer licence allows a second copy that is never used at the same time
- Altium may require documentation and certification of compliance within 30 days
- Circumventing the Security System, including by virtualization, is prohibited
- All EULA licences are term-based unless the Order Form says perpetual
- No perpetual subscription is sold with new perpetual licences
- Licences to Extensions are all term-based
- Individual licence is limited by revenue and is not shareable
- Student licences last six months and need an educational address
- Academic licences are for teaching and non-commercial research only
- Subscription Service is Altium's for-fee maintenance service
- Evaluation licences consent to Altium collecting usage information
- Some software detects and reports unauthorised use to Altium
- EULA terminates immediately without notice on material breach
- Assignment needs Altium's prior written consent and transfer fees
- EULA liability is capped at fees paid in the preceding twelve months
- EULA is governed by California law, or English law in the EU and UK
- Breaching licensee pays Altium's attorneys' and experts' fees