COMSOL Software License Agreement (COMSOL 6.4)
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- Kind
- Contract
- Format
- Applies to
- Master licence terms for COMSOL Multiphysics, add-on products, COMSOL Compiler and COMSOL Server: section 1 definitions, section 2 licence grant and licence types (2(h)), section 3 Applications and Compiled Applications, sections 4 to 7 term, delivery and Maintenance and Support, sections 14 to 16 termination and transfer, section 19 governing law, and the Academic Addendum. Version COMSOL 6.4; the document states no separate effective date.
- Evidence
- NSL covers up to four computers and two concurrent
- NSL Named User may be replaced twice a year
- NSL remote access limited to one encrypted connection
- CPU licence is bound to one physical computer and a local user
- CPU designated computer may be replaced twice a year
- FNL allows as many users at once as concurrent users purchased
- FNL access outside the Territory is not allowed
- Territory is the country of delivery or the region on the invoice
- Use outside the Territory can attract an additional fee
- Use is limited to internal operations in the Territory
- Licence types may not be run in integrated use with each other
- FNL includes client-server and cluster computing
- Only the delivered licence manager may be used, with no automation of check-out
- Login credentials may not be shared
- CSL allows four Applications per concurrent user
- CSL is not a substitute for a development licence
- CSL concurrent-user rights may be sublicensed to third parties
- CSL may be used worldwide but the licensee must reside in the Territory
- Class Kit licence is limited to 30 users and teaching use
- Academic Server licence allows up to 300 concurrent users
- Academic Prices licences cannot be used for commercial work
- Students may use an academic licence off campus for a thesis
- Licences are perpetual or for a limited period stated on the quotation
- Maintenance and Support lasts twelve months or to the end of the term
- Ending support on one Program ends it for dependent Programs
- Maintenance and Support renews at the current price with a restart fee after lapse
- Maintenance and Support covers the latest two released versions
- New licence files depend on active Maintenance and Support
- COMSOL may terminate for uncured breach after 60 days or 15 for nonpayment
- Termination requires a sworn compliance declaration within five business days
- Assignment needs COMSOL's consent and excludes software resellers
- Licensee must notify COMSOL of third parties using the Programs on its behalf
- COMSOL may use technologies to authenticate and validate use
- Trial licences are for testing only and default to an NSL
- Applications may not compete with COMSOL or be a general purpose multiphysics package
- Applications may not be distributed under copyleft licences
- Users of a Compiled Application must accept the Runtime licence
- Governing law is Massachusetts in the Americas and Sweden elsewhere
- New releases may carry revised terms effective on installation
- Claims against COMSOL must be brought within two years