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Quartus Lite 23.1 MAX 10 Encryption
There is a similar post from years ago discussing the use of Quartus Lite and encryption with Max 10 devices where the Altera rep who responded pointed to a license to unlock this feature. I had chased this down last week and was unable to find any such option in the self-service licensing center. Not very keen on the pay-to-play model here if something has changed and I really do need to upgrade to the paid version of Quartus to unlock a feature present on the silicon we're paying for.
Hello Phil,
Yes, you need license to enable the full feature of MAX10. See below comparison:

link : https://www.altera.com/products/development-tools/quartus/compare
You may purchase the license from your local Altera distributors: https://www.altera.com/contact
regards,
Farabi