Perpetual licenses now come with an annual Avid upgrade plan that includes all new feature releases for one year. Īll existing versions from Sibelius 1 to 7.5 are perpetual licenses. To learn the difference between perpetual and subscription licenses, click. The license can not be renewed after the grace period has expired. To upgrade to the newer version, they would need to renew their service contract within 30 days of the Upgrade & Support plans expiration. They would need to downgrade to whichever version came out prior to the expiration date on November 24th. If a new version of the software came out on November 30th, they would not be able to run it. The service contract expired on November 24th of 2019. The user is able to upgrade the software to every new release that comes out all year long. Without an active service contract, perpetual licenses will continue to work, however they are only allowed to be updated to the last version that was released before their service contract expired.įor example, let's say a customer purchased a perpetual license on November 25th of 2018, which came with a 1-year "Standard Support" service contract. Service contracts allow for many things including for the app to be upgraded to newer versions. This is partially because subscriptions come with service contracts automatically, whereas perpetual licenses come with a "term" service contract that requires a conscious decision to renew it before it expires. The idea of owning a license sounds good initially, but after careful consideration, many users instead opt for subscription licensing. There are positives and negatives to both. You own it, unlike a subscription license, which is more like a rental. Products Affected : Media Composer, Pro Tools, Sibeliusįor Avid Sibelius, Pro Tools, and Media Composer, a perpetual license is a license that does not expire.
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