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18 years ago

One year time limited lincese

How to activate one-year time limited license for Quartus II.

With purchased development kit (stratix II).

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    Go here.

    http://www.altera.com/

    Upper right corner says Licensing.

    Next page says;

    Get My License File

    Get licenses for Altera® software, IP, and development kits.

    Click into that link.

    A little down the page are instructions for getting Dev Kit licenses.

    Thanks
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    Make sure to not miss the moment the limited version expires to extend it for another year for a reduced price. After this extension, it will be useable forever.

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    Hi tschaggelar,

    You mentioned an extension. How does it work? At the end of my one-year license period, where can I get an extension of that license?

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    Make sure to not miss the moment the limited version expires to extend it for another year for a reduced price. After this extension, it will be useable forever.

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    You are right. I found the description there. %50 off in 16 months after purchase.

    Thanks!
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    Make sure to not miss the moment the limited version expires to extend it for another year for a reduced price. After this extension, it will be useable forever.

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    Tschaggelar, just need to clarify this info. This is all new to me.

    After the one year, we are required to extend.

    After that extension, the license is perpetual? no more extension cost involved?
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    After 1 year. your license will expire, and you will need to renew it.

    If you use the certificate, then you can get a full version (and full license) for a reduced price.

    The current deal with Kit version fo the Quartus tools is that they come with a 1 year, then it dies license. THis is different then the Full Subscription version fo the tool or the Free WEB version fo the tool.

    Free WEB version - limited parts set.

    Kit version - Full version with 1 year limit on license - hard stop

    Full Version - all parts and a few more features - license for 1 year, then you can extend with NO new features (parts) perpetually or resubscribe (re-up) each year.
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    Thanks. I wish this info would be made clearer, as clear as Avatar has explained, in the product page in the web site.