Questions regarding licensing for commercial use of standalone applications

I'm a graduate student with an academic license.

I submitted a service request and already received a response, but some of my questions were left unanswered, so I'm posting again.

1) I currently have a standalone application developed with MATLAB App Designer under an academic license. Can I use the application commercially after purchasing a standard license and recompiling it? In other words, does the validity of the license depend on ownership at the moment of compilation?

2) Does annual license renewal needed for commercial use? In other words, if I had a Standard or higher license at the moment of compilation, can I continue to sell it without renewing it?

3) I may need to use Simulink for my application. Is a Standard License sufficient for development and commercial use of applications that include Simulink? In other words, do I need Startups License?

[Angelo Yeo]

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Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

1) Yes, the validty of the license depends on the ownership at the moment of compilation.

However, it is against the license terms to use an academic license to develop software with the intent of commercializing it. The moment that commercialization became a realistic concern, you should have switched to a commercial license.

2) It is correct that commercial licenses are available in "perpetual" form, in which case paying for the base licenses plus compiler licenses once entitles you to continue to compile indefinitely using the same MATLAB version . The Software Maintenance Service (SMS) that is included in the initial purchase is valid for 12 months, so in most cases you would also be entitled to a single version upgrade (sometimes you get away with two version upgrades due to accidents of timing.) You would also be entitled to any "Upgrade" (bug fixes) that Mathworks releases for your MATLAB version. The number of Upgrades that Mathworks issues varies quite a bit -- anywhere from one upgrade to 8 upgrades.

If, for any reason, Mathworks decided to postpone fixing a bug until a later release, and your SMS does not cover the later release, then you are not entitled to the version that contains the bug fix. Sometimes the postponed bug fixes are fairly substantial in impact.

3) A Simulink Compiler or Simulink Coder license on top of a Standard license is enough for commercial development.

"Standard" licenses are full-price licenses that support all features (provided the required toolboxes are purchased and the platform restrictions are met.)

"Startup" licenses are reduced-cost licenses available only to new startup companies. They do not offer anything that the Standard licenses do not offer.