Licensing News
The last 12 months in software licensing, newest first: licensing, pricing and programme changes, product releases and retirements, acquisitions and court cases. Each item cites the vendor's own announcement, the deal documents or the court record.
Atlassian raises Cloud list prices for Jira, Confluence, Jira Service Management and more
Atlassian updated the list price of Cloud subscriptions on 13 October 2026 for Teamwork Collection, Jira, Confluence, Jira Service Management and Service Collection, Atlassian Guard, Bitbucket Premium, Jira Product Discovery and Government Cloud editions. The update covers new purchases, renewals and upgrades, and quotes generated before that date are honoured at prior prices until they expire.
Snowflake Service Consumption Table effective 12 October 2026 separates Platform Credits and AI Credits
Snowflake's Service Consumption Table, effective 12 October 2026, bills compute in Platform Credits and AI Features in separately priced AI Credits. It sets On Demand and Capacity pricing by cloud, region and edition, for example $2.00, $3.00, $4.00 and $6.00 per Platform Credit for Standard, Enterprise, Business Critical and VPS in AWS US East.
Windchill FRACAS, FMEA, FTA, Markov, Maintainability, LCCs, and Prediction 2027.0.0 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 13.1.0.
Confluence 11.0 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 10.2.
Microsoft Edge 155 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 154, 153, 152, 151, 150, 149, 148, 147, 146, 145, 144, 143, 142.
Telerik UI for .NET MAUI 15.1 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 15.0, 14.1, 14.0, 13.2, 13.1, 13.0, 12.1, 12.0.
App Engine Brazil released
Also released in the last 12 months: Australia.
Kendo UI for Angular 25.3.0 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 25.2.0, 25.1.0, 25.0.0, 24.2.0, 24.1.0, 24.0.0, 23.4.0, 23.3.0, 23.2.0, 23.1.0, 23.0.0, 22.0.0, 21.4.0, 21.3.0, 21.2.0, 21.1.0, 21.0.0, 20.1.0.
KendoReact 16.2.0 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 16.1.0, 16.0.0, 15.1.0, 15.0.0, 14.4.0, 14.3.0, 14.2.0, 14.1.0, 14.0.0, 13.3.0, 13.2.0, 13.1.0, 13.0.0, 12.2.0.
Kendo UI for Vue 10.1.0 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 10.0.0, 9.2.0, 9.1.0, 9.0.0, 8.3.0, 8.2.0, 8.1.0, 8.0.0.
SmartAssembly 8.5 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 8.4.
SAP explains support limits for Business Suite 7 on third-party databases and Java after 2030
SAP states that Business Suite 7 maintenance dates are unchanged, with mainstream maintenance to 31 December 2027 and optional extended maintenance to 31 December 2030. At the end of 2030 SAP's reselling and support agreements with third-party database providers and its Java 8 support arrangements expire, so database-specific support for those systems ends. Effective 31 Dec 2030.
Telerik UI for WinUI 4.5 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 4.4, 4.3, 4.2, 4.1.
Schema Compare for Oracle 6.3 released
SQL Compare 16.1 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 16.0, 15.4.
MuleSoft Anypoint Mule runtime 4.13 Edge released
Also released in the last 12 months: Mule runtime 4.12 Edge, Mule runtime 4.11 Edge.
Oracle Technology Lifetime Support Policy lists Database 19c support to 2032 and 26ai as the long-term release
Oracle's Technology Products Lifetime Support Policy, effective 2 October 2026, lists Database 19c Premier Support to December 2029 and Extended Support to December 2032. It lists Database 26ai Enterprise Edition as a Long Term Support Release with Premier Support to December 2031.
Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premises 29.x (2026 release wave 2) released
Also released in the last 12 months: 28.x (2026 release wave 1).
Creo Illustrate (Locked) 2027.0 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 13.0.
Splunk Analytics for Hadoop 10.6 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 10.4, 10.2.
Bitbucket 10.5 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 10.4, 10.3, 10.2, 10.1.
Windows 11 26H2 (Home and Pro) released
Also released in the last 12 months: 26H2 (Enterprise and Education), 26H1 (Home and Pro), 26H1 (Enterprise and Education).
Windows 11 IoT Enterprise 26H2 released
Okta Access Gateway 2026.9.2 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 2026.9.1, 2026.8.0, 2026.6.0, 2026.5.1, 2026.4.0, 2026.3.0, 2025.10.0.
SUSE Storage Add-On 1.13.0 - Community released
Also released in the last 12 months: 1.11.3 - Prime, 1.10.4 - Prime, 1.9.6 - Prime, 1.12.1 - Prime, 1.12.0 - Community, 1.10.3 - Prime, 1.9.5 - Prime, 1.11.2 - Prime, 1.11.1 - Prime, 1.11.0 - Community, 1.10.2 - Prime, 1.9.4 - Prime, 1.9.3 - Prime, 1.10.1 - Prime.
Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH v. ROSS Intelligence Inc.
Third Circuit opinion. Copyright and tortious-interference suit (D. Del., filed 2020) in which the Third Circuit held on 2026-09-29, on interlocutory appeal, that 2,243 Westlaw headnotes were original and that copying them into AI training memos for a competing legal-research platform was not fair use, affirming partial summary judgment for Thomson Reuters.
MongoDB, Inc. v. FerretDB Inc.
Motion to dismiss denied. Pending patent, false advertising and trademark dilution case (D. Del., filed 2025) in which MongoDB, which licenses its database under the source-available SSPL, alleges that FerretDB's 'MongoDB alternative' built on PostgreSQL infringes four MongoDB patents and overstates compatibility; FerretDB counterclaims, and in September 2026 the court refused to dismiss its non-patent counterclaims.
Microsoft Entra Connect 2.6.92.0 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 2.6.91.0, 2.6.84.0, 2.6.3.0, 2.6.1.0, 2.5.190.0.
SUSE Edge for Telco 3.7 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 3.6, 3.5.
Microsoft 365 Applications Version 2609 (Current Channel) released
Also released in the last 12 months: Version 2608 (Monthly Enterprise Channel), Version 2608 (Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel), Version 2608 (Current Channel), Version 2607 (Monthly Enterprise Channel), Version 2607 (Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel), Version 2607 (Current Channel), Version 2606 (Monthly Enterprise Channel), Version 2606 (Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel), Version 2606 (Current Channel), Version 2605 (Monthly Enterprise Channel), Version 2605 (Current Channel), Version 2604 (Monthly Enterprise Channel), Version 2603 (Monthly Enterprise Channel), Version 2603 (Current Channel), Version 2602 (Monthly Enterprise Channel), Version 2602 (Current Channel), Version 2512 (Monthly Enterprise Channel), Version 2601 (Current Channel), Version 2511 (Monthly Enterprise Channel), Version 2508 (Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel), Version 2512 (Current Channel), Version 2510 (Monthly Enterprise Channel), Version 2511 (Current Channel), Version 2509 (Monthly Enterprise Channel), Version 2510 (Current Channel), Version 2508 (Monthly Enterprise Channel).
Architect 11.6.9 (Strategy One - September 2026) released
Also released in the last 12 months: 11.6.6 (Strategy One - June 2026), 11.6.3 (Strategy One - March 2026), 11.5.12 (Strategy One - December 2025).
Celonis SE v. SAP SE
Related action referred. Pending US federal case, filed 2025-03-13, in which Celonis alleges that SAP restricts customers' extraction of their own SAP ERP data for third-party process mining, including through SAP Note 3255746 and licensing positions on indirect static read; monopolization, pricing and false advertising claims survived a motion to dismiss in 2025.
Zoom Workplace 7.2 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 7.1, 7.0, 6.7.
Intralinks Inc v Nexans SA
Challenge dismissed by judge. English case (High Court, Commercial Court, 2026) in which Intralinks sued its customer Nexans for about EUR 2.19 million of page-based overage and extension fees triggered by a large upload of Excel files to a virtual data room; the court rejected Nexans' jurisdiction challenge, finding that the work order signed through DocuSign incorporated an English-law master services agreement rather than the French version Nexans relied on, and the claim continues to trial.
Keeper Endpoint Privilege Manager 2.1.2 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 2.1.1, 2.1, 1.2.1, 1.2, 1.1.
Doe v. GitHub
Ninth Circuit affirmed. Putative class action (N.D. Cal., filed 2022) by programmers alleging that GitHub Copilot and OpenAI Codex emit their open-source code without attribution or licence terms; in 2026 the Ninth Circuit affirmed dismissal of the DMCA section 1202(b) claim because the tools create new works rather than removing notices from copies, while breach of licence claims remain pending.
SUSE Virtualization 1.9.0 - Community released
Also released in the last 12 months: 1.8.2 - Prime, 1.7.3 - Prime, 1.7.2 - Prime, 1.8.1 - Prime, 1.8.0 - Community, 1.7.1 - Prime, 1.7.0 - Community, 1.6.1 - Prime.
JJH Enterprises v Microsoft
Consent order entered. JJH Enterprises (trading as ValueLicensing) v Microsoft is a UK competition damages claim, pending as of 2026-09-30, in which the Competition Appeal Tribunal and the Court of Appeal decided preliminary copyright issues on the resale of pre-owned Windows and Office licences in ValueLicensing's favour.
SUSE Rancher Prime: K3S/RKE2 RKE2 1.37 released
Also released in the last 12 months: k3s 1.37, RKE2 1.36, k3s 1.36, RKE2 1.35, k3s 1.35.
Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 8.6 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 8.5, 8.4, 8.3, 8.2.
Dynamics 365 Finance 10.0.49 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 10.0.48, 10.0.47, 10.0.46.
Rocket Software, Inc. v. CollegeNET, Inc.
Court ruled for Rocket. Royalty audit case (D. Or., 2022-2026) in which Rocket Software, after acquiring Uniface, claimed more than USD 2.5 million in underpaid royalties found by a KPMG audit of CollegeNET's SaaS products; the court rejected the copyright claim because the 'designated machines' term was a covenant, not a condition, and in 2026 held Rocket equitably estopped from recovering despite a jury verdict of breach.
ServiceNow packages AI-enabled products into Foundation, Advanced and Prime tiers
ServiceNow documentation describes products and packages in three tiers, Foundation, Advanced and Prime, each adding AI capabilities, agents and governance tools. AI Control Tower is included at all tiers, and ServiceNow states that tier rollout is independent of upgrade cycles, so entitlement is confirmed with the account team.
Splunk counts eligible Cisco data at half rate under Integrated Enterprise Value
Splunk documents a benefit under which eligible Cisco data ingested with a supported sourcetype counts at a 0.5x weighted rate toward ingest entitlement. It applies to Splunk Enterprise ingest licences above 100 GB per day and to Splunk Cloud Platform ingest licences, and does not change SVC, vCPU, workload or search metrics.
NetBackup 11.2.0.1 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 11.2, 11.1.0.2, 11.1.
Nutanix Database Service (NDB, per VM) 3.0 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 2.11, 2.10.
Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure 9.1 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 8.5, 9, 8.4, 8.2.
Bending Spoons completed its acquisition of Airtable
Bending Spoons agreed on 4 August 2026 to acquire Airtable in an all-cash transaction and Airtable announced the completion on 4 September 2026.
HCL Commerce 9.1.21.0 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 9.1.20.0, 9.1.19.0.
Broadcom VCF 9.1 FAQ describes the VCF License Server, license portability and perpetual upgrade rules
Broadcom's VCF 9.1 FAQ dated 3 September 2026 states that 9.1 licensing applies only when deploying or upgrading to 9.1, and that VCF 5.x environments keep their existing keys. It describes a new VCF License Server appliance, license portability for eligible licences bought after 13 December 2023, and that perpetual-licence customers must move to subscription before upgrading to VCF 9.
VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 Frequently Asked Questions · What is an Override License (VCF 9.1)
Salesforce launches Core, Advanced and Max editions with new pricing
Salesforce announced Core, Advanced and Max editions for Agentforce Sales, Service and Industries at $195, $395 and $550 per user per month, with Max priced the same as Agentforce 1 Edition. The editions include 500,000, 1 million and 2.75 million Flex Credits respectively, and existing customer pricing on legacy editions is stated as unchanged.
New Salesforce Editions Bundle Everything Businesses Need for Agentic Transformation
Splunk Enterprise Security 8.7 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 8.6, 8.5, 8.4, 8.3.
Descartes completed its acquisition of Extensiv
The Descartes Systems Group announced its acquisition of Extensiv, a provider of warehouse management and fulfillment software for third-party logistics providers and the brands they serve.
SQL Sentry 2026.3 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 2026.2, 2026.1, 2025.4.
Veeam Backup for Google Cloud 8 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 7.0.1, 7.
NetBackup Appliance Software 6.1.0.2 MR1 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 5.5.0.1, 5.5.0.1 MR2, 6.1, 5.3.0.1 MR5.
ThingWorx SCP Platform 10.2 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 10.1.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI 3.5 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, 3.0.
SUSE Rancher Prime 2.15.x released
Also released in the last 12 months: 2.14.x, 2.13.x.
VMware LLC v. Siemens AG
Judge set hearing. Pending 2025 copyright suit in the District of Delaware in which VMware alleges that Siemens used VMware software beyond its licences, based on a deployment list Siemens submitted with a support renewal request; a magistrate judge has recommended that the case stay in Delaware against the US Siemens entities.
Andersen v. Stability AI
Sealing request order. Andersen v. Stability AI is a pending class action in the Northern District of California in which artists allege that training and distributing Stable Diffusion infringed their copyrights; the court dismissed most claims in 2023 but in 2024 let the direct infringement, induced infringement and Midjourney Lanham Act claims proceed to discovery.
Veeam Backup for AWS 10.2 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 11, 10.1, 10.0.1, 10.
Descartes completed its acquisition of Tai Software
The Descartes Systems Group announced its acquisition of Tai, a provider of an AI-powered transportation management platform for freight brokers covering truckload, less-than-truckload, drayage and cross-border operations.
Nutanix Enterprise AI (NAI) 2.8 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 2.7, 2.6, 2.5.
CoCounsel Next generation of CoCounsel Legal released
SpaceX completed its acquisition of Anysphere
Cursor, the product of Anysphere, announced on 2026-08-14 that it had officially been acquired by SpaceX, completing a process that began in April with a partnership with SpaceXAI on model training.
Anysphere completed its acquisition of Firetiger
Anysphere announced that the team of Firetiger, which builds agents that monitor and investigate software in production, was joining Cursor.
Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) 2.1 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 2.0.
Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX 2026 Q3 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 2026 Q2, 2026 Q1, 2025 Q4.
o9 Solutions, Inc. v. SAP SE
Magistrate judge recommendation entered. Pending federal case filed 2025-11-25 in which o9 Solutions alleges that SAP and three former o9 executives misappropriated its confidential platform, roadmap, customer and sales information; in August 2026 a magistrate judge recommended denying all motions to dismiss.
Telerik UI for Blazor 15.0 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 14.1, 14.0, 13.3, 13.2, 13.1, 13.0, 12.3, 12.2, 12.0, 11.3, 11.2.
Telerik UI for WPF 2026 Q3 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 2026 Q2, 2026 Q1, 2025 Q4.
SQL Prompt 11.5 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 11.4, 11.3, 11.2.
Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) 5.4 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 5.3.
Kendo UI for jQuery 2026 Q3 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 2026 Q2, 2026 Q1, 2025 Q4.
Infoblox completed its acquisition of Kentik
Infoblox completed its acquisition of Kentik, a network intelligence and observability company, to add real-time network intelligence to its network services and security platform.
Telerik Document Processing 2026 Q3 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 2026 Q2, 2026 Q1, 2025 Q4.
Dameware Remote Support 2026.3 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 12.4.
Veeam Backup for Salesforce 3.2.1 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 3.2.
Procore announced the acquisition of DroneDeploy
Procore Technologies agreed to acquire DroneDeploy, a provider of drone, robotics and reality capture software, to bring aerial and ground reality capture into the Procore platform. The transaction was expected to close later in 2026, subject to regulatory approvals.
Red Hat Quay 3.18 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 3.17, 3.16.
Veeam Backup & Replication 13.1 released
Corelogic UK Ltd v Landmark Valuation Services Ltd
Judgment for Corelogic. English case (High Court, Technology and Construction Court, 2026) in which Corelogic, whose SurveyHub software connects to Landmark's DataWeb mortgage valuation platform through a 'Beta Interface' of listeners and RPA bots, sued for Landmark's failure to deliver the API promised in a 2016 access agreement agreed after a cease and desist letter; the court held that the agreement obliged Landmark to provide the API by March 2022 and awarded GBP 332,405.44 for the extra virtual machine costs of running the bots.
AOS (legacy) 7.6 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 7.5.
Windchill AI 2026.1 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 2026.0.
KeeperChat 17.2 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 17.1.
Codebeamer 3.3 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 3.2.
Serv-U 2026.3 released
Redgate Flyway 13.0.0 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 12.0.0.
4DD Holdings, LLC v. United States
Appeal decided. Copyright case (Court of Federal Claims and Federal Circuit, 2015-2026) in which a Defense Department contractor made tens of thousands of copies of 4DD's TETRA software, licensed per core and per seat, during agile development; the trial court voided the parties' true-up release because government officials had deleted copies and misreported counts, and awarded about USD 12.7 million, but in 2026 the Federal Circuit vacated the damages in part and remanded.
Windchill Family of Products (except as noted) 13.1.4 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 13.1.3, 13.1.2.
RCKFRC announced the acquisition of Brainworx and Plugin Alliance
The founder of Brainworx and Plugin Alliance announced on 16 July 2026 that he had re-acquired both companies under RCKFRC, a company that already includes Apogee and Manley. His letter gives 15 July 2026 for the acquisition, and a later section of the same page gives 14 July 2026.
Commvault Software 11.46 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 11.44.
Costpoint 2026.3 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 2026.2, 2026.1, 2025.4.
SQL Server 2016 Extended Security Updates (Years 1-3) released
Also released in the last 12 months: 2025.
Sophos Firewall 22.0 MR2 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 22.0 MR1, 21.5 MR2, 22.0 GA.
Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes 9.0 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 8.5.
SAP applies maintenance and support commitments to all on-premise ERP customers
SAP states it has agreed to adaptations that increase flexibility, transparency and predictability of its on-premise ERP maintenance and support practices. They apply globally from 10 July 2026 to all current and future customers across on-premise products, for a commitment period of 10 years from the European Commission decision.
Advance Local Media v. Cohere
Stipulation entered by court. Advance Local Media v. Cohere is a pending 2025 suit in the Southern District of New York in which fourteen publishers allege that Cohere's Command models copied their articles for training and retrieval; in November 2025 the court denied Cohere's partial motion to dismiss, and discovery continues.
SAP ERP maintenance and support commitments (Case AT.40823)
Commission accepted commitments. In 2025 the European Commission opened an Article 102 TFEU investigation into four SAP practices in maintenance and support for on-premises ERP software, including the refusal to let customers end support for unused licences and reinstatement fees; on 2026-07-09 it made SAP's commitments binding for ten years, worldwide, without finding an infringement.
Linode Kubernetes Engine 1.34 (LKE Enterprise) released
Also released in the last 12 months: 1.36 (LKE), 1.33 (LKE Enterprise), 1.32 (LKE Enterprise), 1.35 (LKE), 1.34 (LKE).
Red Hat Certificate System 11 released
Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) 2.18 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 2.17.
Artel Software completed its acquisition of iZotope
As part of the sale of the Native Instruments group out of insolvency proceedings, iZotope, one of its two US companies, was acquired by Artel Software Inc., which is part of Boris FX, with effect from 1 July 2026.
inMusic completed its acquisition of Native Instruments
inMusic and Native Instruments announced on 8 May 2026 that inMusic had signed a definitive agreement to acquire Native Instruments. The sale, run by the insolvency administrator of the German group companies, took effect on 1 July 2026, with iZotope going to a separate buyer.
Session Smart Routers 7.2 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 7.1, 7.0.
Splunk IT Service Intelligence 5.0 released
Database Performance Analyzer 2026.2 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 2026.1, 2025.4.
Azul Optimizer Hub 26.05.0 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 26.02.0, 25.11.0.
CipherTrust Connectors CAKM for Microsoft SQL Server EKM 8.8.x released
Also released in the last 12 months: BDT 3.1.x, CAKM for Oracle TDE 8.15.x, CADP for Java 9.0.x, CT-VL 2.10.x, CRDP 1.3.x, BDT 2.6.x.
BMC Helix Discovery 26.2 (15.5) released
Security Event Manager 2026.2 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 2025.4.
Disney v. Midjourney
Opposition filed. Disney Enterprises and Universal sued Midjourney in the Central District of California in June 2025 alleging direct and secondary copyright infringement through its image service; Midjourney answered with fair use and other defences, the case was consolidated with a Warner Bros. suit, and it was in discovery in 2026.
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.17 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 2.16, 2.15.
Forcepoint NGFW 7.5 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 7.4.
Forescout eyeInspect 5.11 released
Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Engine 4.22 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 4.21, 4.20.
Vantagepoint 2026.3 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 2026.2, 2026.1.
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes 4.11 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 4.10, 4.9.
Creo Elements/Direct Family of Products (except as noted) 20.9 released
Red Hat Connectivity Link 1.4 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 1.3.
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.22 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 4.21, 4.20.
Tableau Server 2026.2 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 2025.3.
IP Address Manager 2026.2 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 2026.1, 2025.4.
Creo Family of Products (except as noted) 13.4 released
Telerik Test Studio 2026 Q2 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 2026 Q1, 2025 Q4.
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 released
Fivetran completed its acquisition of dbt Labs
Fivetran and dbt Labs merged in an all-stock transaction, initially operating as Fivetran + dbt Labs, with George Fraser as CEO and Tristan Handy as President.
Keeper Connection Manager 2.24.0 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 2.23.1, 2.22.0.
Asana completed its acquisition of StackAI
Asana acquired StackAI, a no-code platform for building and governing AI agents and automations across enterprise systems, to extend its AI Teammates and AI Studio features.
Forescout Secure Remote Access 5.5 released
Kepware 7.1 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 7.0.
PGP Command Line 11.5.2 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 11.5.1.
Workday publishes a Complimentary Flex Credits Policy with annual allowances by customer size
Workday's Complimentary Flex Credits Policy sets annual complimentary credits by segment, from 15,000 for customers under 3,500 employees to 200,000 for 100,000 or more with HCM or Financials, and 10,000 for Planning without HCM or Financials. For policy effective dates from 29 May 2026 the credits reset each 1 January with a prorated first grant, and overages must be purchased or use of the offers stops. Effective 29 May 2026.
Workday Complimentary Flex Credits Policy · Workday Flex Credits and Platform Entitlement Policy
Microsoft cloud licensing complaints
Permission to appeal refused. Microsoft's terms for running its software on rival clouds have been the subject of a CISPE complaint to the European Commission (settled in 2024), a UK CMA market investigation that found an adverse effect on competition (2025), a pending UK collective damages claim certified in 2026, and wider cloud investigations by the CMA and the Commission.
MOVEit Transfer 2026.0 (18.0) released
Also released in the last 12 months: 2025.1 (17.1).
Cohere completed its acquisition of Reliant AI
Cohere announced that it had acquired Reliant AI, a biopharma AI company with operations in Montreal and Berlin, to expand its sovereign enterprise AI offering in healthcare and life sciences.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 10.2 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 9.8, 10.1, 9.7.
Qualtrics completed its acquisition of Press Ganey Forsta
Qualtrics acquired Press Ganey Forsta, a provider of experience measurement and healthcare analytics, combining it with its experience management platform.
SUSE Private Registry Add-on 1.2.x released
Also released in the last 12 months: 1.1.x.
Crowd 7.2 released
VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 released
Red Hat Satellite 6.19 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 6.18.
Infoblox completed its acquisition of Axur
Infoblox completed its acquisition of Axur, a provider of AI-powered external threat discovery and digital risk protection.
Microsoft Configuration Manager 2603 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 2509.
Dassault Systèmes v. Childress
Notice of appeal filed. Copyright and trademark case (E.D. Mich. No. 2:09-cv-10534) in which Dassault Systèmes sued the operator of a CATIA training school who had bought one node-locked CATIA V5 licence and used it on about 20 classroom computers, relying on a reseller-sanctioned workaround; after a default judgment was reversed in 2011 and a first jury verdict was vacated in 2020, a 2024 retrial found willful copyright infringement, and a March 2026 final judgment awarded $444,612.50 and enjoined use of the CATIA mark.
Microsoft Product Terms add Software Assurance in the Microsoft Customer Agreement and Microsoft 365 E7
The 1 May 2026 Product Terms update revised terms throughout to support the launch of Software Assurance in the Microsoft Customer Agreement and the launch of Microsoft 365 E7. The same update added terms for Azure Capacity Blocks and Agent 365.
Syntel v. TriZetto
Amended judgment entered. Federal suit (S.D.N.Y., 2015 to 2026) in which Syntel, a services subcontractor with access to TriZetto's Facets software and documentation, sued over unpaid rebates and was held to have misappropriated Facets trade secrets and infringed copyrights by using them to compete after a 2012 amendment removed its non-compete; the Second Circuit upheld liability in 2023 but vacated a USD 285 million avoided-cost award, and a 2025 retrial and 2026 amended judgment followed.
GitHub Copilot moves all plans to usage-based billing with GitHub AI Credits
GitHub announced that from 1 June 2026 premium request units are replaced by GitHub AI Credits, consumed by token usage at published model rates, with 1 credit equal to $0.01. Seat prices are unchanged, Copilot Business includes 1,900 credits and Copilot Enterprise 3,900 credits per user per month pooled at organisation level, and the fallback to cheaper models ends. Effective 1 Jun 2026.
GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing · Updates to GitHub Copilot billing and plans · Usage-based billing for organizations and enterprises
Access Rights Manager 2026.2 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 2025.4.
Alias Surface 2027 released
NetScaler file-based licensing reaches end of life and License Activation Service becomes the only option
NetScaler documentation states that file-based licensing reached end of life on 15 April 2026 and no longer functions. The License Activation Service is the only way to activate NetScaler instances, and deployments must run LAS-compatible versions to remain supported. Legacy forms such as Pooled vCPU, check-in check-out and perpetual licences are not supported with LAS.
Windchill Enterprise Systems Integration (except as noted) 2026.0 released
UiPath Autopilot 2.2510.4 released
Solibri 26 released
United States v. Adobe
Stipulated order entered. Civil enforcement action (N.D. Cal., filed 2024) alleging that Adobe hid the early termination fee on its Annual, Paid Monthly plan and made cancellation difficult, in violation of ROSCA; resolved in April 2026 by a stipulated order with a $75 million civil penalty, $75 million in free services and disclosure and cancellation requirements.
FlexPLM 13.1 released
FlexPLM AI 3.2 released
Sencha Ext JS 8.x released
PTC Mathcad (per product name / Quote) 12.0 released
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops moves to site-level licence settings and drops multi-type support in LAS
Citrix documentation states that the License Activation Service does not support multi-type licensing and that delivery group-level licence overrides are deprecated. Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops now uses site-level licence settings only.
Multi-type licensing · Licensing (Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops)
Cloudera Flow Management CFM 4.12 released
Atlassian Data Center closes to new customers, with end of life set for 28 March 2029
Atlassian states that from 30 March 2026 new customers can no longer buy Data Center subscriptions or Data Center Marketplace apps, and existing customers can keep buying until 30 March 2028. Jira Software, Jira Service Management, Confluence and Crowd Data Center reach end of life on 28 March 2029, while Bitbucket and Bamboo Data Center continue.
Automation API AutoCAD 2027 engine (Autodesk.AutoCAD+26_0) released
Covetrus, Inc. v. Actian Corp.
Notice of settlement filed. Federal lawsuit (D. Me., 2021-2026) in which Covetrus and its subsidiary Veterinary Data Services sought a declaration of non-infringement after an Actian audit led to a USD 13.5 million demand over installations, users, cores, cloud servers and service-bureau use of Data Integrator; the court let Actian pursue the parent company, held that a hyperlinked support policy was not part of the contract and that the EULA's survival clause kept key restrictions alive after breach, found the service-bureau clause ambiguous, and the parties reported a settlement in March 2026.
AutoCAD 2027 released
Azul Mission Control 9.1.2 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 9.1.1.1.
InfoScale Enterprise for Kubernetes 9.1.2 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 9.1.
HCL Unica 12.1.11 released
PC-DMIS 2026.1 released
Teradata Corp. v. SAP SE
Dismissal with prejudice granted. US federal case, filed 2018-06-19, in which Teradata alleged that SAP unlawfully tied S/4HANA to SAP HANA database licences and misappropriated a Teradata trade secret; the Ninth Circuit revived both claims in 2024 and the parties settled in 2026 for a USD 480 million payment to Teradata.
HCL Domino 14.5.1 released
SUSE Security Add-On 5.5.x released
PowerShell PowerShell 7.6 (LTS) released
IBM completed its acquisition of Confluent
IBM acquired Confluent, Inc., the data streaming company built on Apache Kafka, announcing the agreement on 2025-12-08 and completing it on 2026-03-17.
Google completed its acquisition of Wiz
Google acquired Wiz, a cloud and AI security platform, and Wiz joined Google Cloud while keeping its brand. Google stated that Wiz products would remain available across the other major clouds and through partner channels.
Bentley Systems v. Oiltech Engineering
Delhi High Court decision. Copyright infringement suit (High Court of Delhi, CS(COMM) 49/2023) in which Bentley Systems used 'infringement hits' reported by its software's Phone Home Technology, an investigator's call and a lapsed licence history to show unlicensed use of STAAD.Pro and SACS by an engineering company; after the defendants failed to file a defence the court granted summary judgment on 2026-03-10, with a permanent injunction and costs of Rs. 5,55,087.
BMC Helix ITSM OnPrem 26.1.01 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 25.4.01.
Symantec Endpoint Protection 14.4 released
Vector Capital announced the acquisition of Corel creativity and productivity software portfolio
Vector Capital acquired Corel's portfolio of creativity and productivity software, including CorelDRAW, MindManager and WinZip, while Parallels remained under ownership of funds managed by KKR. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Cadence Design Systems completed its acquisition of Hexagon Design & Engineering (formerly MSC Software)
Cadence Design Systems acquired the Design & Engineering business of Hexagon, which includes the simulation software business formerly known as MSC Software, to expand its System Design and Analysis portfolio.
Palo Alto Networks completed its acquisition of CyberArk
Palo Alto Networks acquired CyberArk, an identity security and privileged access management vendor, making identity security a core platform of its portfolio. CyberArk's products remained available as a standalone platform.
Autodesk opens an exit offer for Move to Subscription and trade-in program discounts
Autodesk's M2S/TNU Exit offer lets subscriptions previously enrolled in the Move to Subscription or trade-in programs renew into a new three-year term, with a price increase of no more than 20 percent over the existing program price. Enrolling ends the earlier program discounts, and token-based offerings and end-of-sale products are not eligible.
Subscription & Offerings Terms & Conditions (Special Offer Terms for the M2S/TNU Exit)
Thoma Bravo completed its acquisition of Dayforce
Thoma Bravo acquired Dayforce, the human capital management software company formerly named Ceridian, in an all-cash take-private transaction, with a minority investment from a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.
Cloudera Data Services on premises 1.5.5 (SP2 onwards for SPs) released
Red Hat Ceph Storage 9 released
Web Help Desk 2026.1 released
Maconomy 2026.1 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 3.0.
Appian Corporation v. Pegasystems Inc.
Virginia Supreme Court decision. Virginia state court case (Fairfax County Circuit Court, 2022; Court of Appeals of Virginia, 2024; Supreme Court of Virginia, 2026) in which a jury awarded Appian over US$2 billion against Pegasystems for trade secret misappropriation based on a contractor's access to Appian software and its partner documentation portal; the appellate courts upheld the finding of misappropriation but reversed the damages judgment and sent the case back for a new trial.
Ellucian completed its acquisition of Anthology SIS and ERP business
Ellucian acquired Anthology's student information system and enterprise resource planning business through Anthology's Chapter 11 bankruptcy process, and said it would continue to deliver and maintain the existing systems.
Splunk Inc. v. Cribl, Inc.
Post-trial motions denied. Federal copyright and contract suit (N.D. Cal., filed 2022) in which a jury found that Cribl infringed Splunk's copyright in Splunk Enterprise and breached the Splunk General Terms but not its partner licence, the court held that copying Splunk Enterprise to reverse engineer, test and troubleshoot interoperability was fair use while copying it for marketing was not, and Splunk was awarded one dollar in nominal damages and an injunction; Splunk appealed to the Federal Circuit in 2025.
Data Insight 7.2.2 released
ClickUp announced the acquisition of Codegen
ClickUp announced on 22 December 2025 its acquisition of Codegen, a provider of AI coding agents. The Codegen service was to be deprecated on 16 January 2026.
Anysphere announced the acquisition of Graphite
Anysphere announced that Graphite, a code review platform, had entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Cursor. Completion is not stated in the source read.
Bamboo 12.1 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 12.0.
Enterprise Vault 15.2.2 released
InfoScale 9.1 released
WS_FTP Server 2025.0 (10.0) released
Altair HyperWorks 2026 released
Proofpoint completed its acquisition of Hornetsecurity
Proofpoint acquired Hornetsecurity Group, a Hanover-based pan-European provider of Microsoft 365 security, backup, compliance and awareness services sold through managed service providers. Hornetsecurity operates as a Proofpoint business unit for MSP and SMB customers.
Microsoft 365 commercial suite prices and packaging change on 1 July 2026
Microsoft announced new list prices for Microsoft 365 and Office 365 commercial suites and standalone components, for example Microsoft 365 E3 from $36 to $39 and E5 from $57 to $60 per user per month with Teams. Packaging additions roll out from June 2026, existing customers stay on current pricing until renewal, and standalone Teams and Copilot SKUs are excluded. Effective 1 Jul 2026.
Jira Service Management 11.3 released
Also released in the last 12 months: 11.2.
Forcepoint Email Security 8.5.7 released
Apex One SP1 Critical Patch (build 14136) released
Synopsys, Inc. v. Sunlune Corporation
Later court order. Federal DMCA and contract suit (N.D. Cal., 2024-2025) in which Synopsys alleged that Sunlune, a licensed customer, used counterfeit licence keys to run more copies of three licensed tools, and one unlicensed tool, than it had paid for; after a TRO, a stipulated preliminary injunction and a pro se answer that was struck, the court entered a default judgment of USD 27,500,000 in statutory damages and a permanent injunction, and refused to vacate it.
Autodesk offers a free one-to-one migration from PIX to Flow Capture subscriptions
Autodesk's offer terms let customers migrate all PIX named user or per project subscriptions to Flow Capture with Priority Support on a one-to-one basis at no charge. The offer runs until Autodesk terminates it, and use of migrated PIX subscriptions must stop within 30 days of access to Flow Capture.
Subscription & Offerings Terms & Conditions (PIX-to-Flow Capture Transition Offer Terms)
Huntress completed its acquisition of Inside Agent
Huntress acquired Inside Agent, a London-based company that hardens Microsoft 365 environments, to develop an Identity Security Posture Management (ISPM) product.
Salesforce completed its acquisition of Informatica
Salesforce acquired Informatica, a provider of cloud data management, to provide a data foundation for its Agentforce platform. Salesforce stated that Informatica would continue to support its partner ecosystem while its technology is integrated with Data 360, MuleSoft and Tableau.
QAD Adaptive ERP QAD Adaptive (with Champion AI) released
Imperva Data Security Fabric DSF Hub, DRA and FAM 15.2.0.10 / DAM 15.2.1.10 released
Forcepoint DLP 10.4 released
Visual Studio 2026 released
.NET .NET 10 released
ASP.NET Core ASP.NET Core 10 released
UiPath Orchestrator / Automation Suite 2.2510.5 released
UiPath Automation Suite 2.2510.4 released
Cubase 15 released
Getty Images v. Stability AI
UK judgment handed down. Getty Images v. Stability AI is an English High Court case decided on 2025-11-04 in which Getty Images abandoned its training and output copyright claims, failed on secondary infringement because Stable Diffusion's weights are not an infringing copy, and won only limited trade mark findings on watermarks generated by early model versions.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 released
SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 released
Broadcom VCF subscriptions may include VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA from 3 November 2025
Broadcom's licensing documentation states that a VCF purchase includes a vSAN TiB licence and that, starting 3 November 2025, depending on the subscription, a licence for VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA may also be included. Other add-ons are not included and may follow different licensing models.
Microsoft stops including VMware Cloud Foundation licences with new Azure VMware Solution nodes
From 1 November 2025 Microsoft no longer includes a VCF licence or subscription with new Azure VMware Solution node purchases, and new deployments must use portable VCF bought from Broadcom. License-included pay-as-you-go deployments must transition by 31 October 2026, and license-included reservations by 30 August 2027.
Portable VMware Cloud Foundation licensing reference for Azure VMware Solution · Azure VMware Solution license-included service retirement, using portable VCF and other options
Cadence Design Systems completed its acquisition of Secure-IC
Cadence Design Systems acquired Secure-IC, a provider of embedded security IP, security solutions and security evaluation tools and services, to add embedded security to its IP portfolio.
Figma completed its acquisition of Weavy
Figma acquired Weavy, a Tel Aviv-based browser canvas that combines third-party generative AI models with professional editing tools in node-based workflows. It joined Figma as Figma Weave.
Red Hat discontinues RHSM entitlement management and moves all users to Simple Content Access
Red Hat states that on 30 October 2025 entitlement management in Red Hat Subscription Management was discontinued and all users, including Advanced Update Services users, moved to Simple Content Access, which manages subscriptions at account level through the Hybrid Cloud Console. Satellite 6.16 and later support only Simple Content Access.
UiPath Studio 2025.10.17 released
UiPath Orchestrator 2025.10.4 released
Bartz v. Anthropic
Memorandum opinion issued. Bartz v. Anthropic is a 2024 to 2025 United States class action in which a federal court held that training on lawfully purchased books was fair use but that building a central library from pirated copies was not excused, certified a class, and then preliminarily approved a settlement worth about USD 3,000 per work.
Redgate Monitor 14.1 released
Keysight Technologies completed its acquisition of Spirent Communications
Keysight Technologies acquired Spirent Communications, a provider of automated test and assurance solutions for networks, cybersecurity and positioning. Spirent's high-speed Ethernet, network security and channel emulation business lines were to be divested under regulatory commitments.
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