Licensing Explained
- The Chilkat License is a perpetual license that does not expire. However, the ability to update to newer versions expires when support expires. Chilkat will send a Renewal Notification email shortly before support expires.
- New version upgrades are free while support is not expired. Renewing provides the means to stay current with the latest versions of Chilkat. If support lapses for more than 3 months, the license must be repurchased at the regular price.
- The Chilkat components and libraries may be used on any number of computers or servers.
- The license is royalty-free, meaning that Chilkat redistributables (DLLs and shared libraries) may be included with your application's deployment/installer packages.
- Regardless
of the type of license purchased, a Chilkat component can be
used in any number of applications, and can be redistributed
royalty-free with your applications to end-users.
- Licenses are sold on a per-developer basis.
Common Questions
- Question:
Will my unlock codes expire after 1-year?
- Answer: No,
the unlock code(s) you receive with any purchase have no expiration.
- Question:
"Four developers will be actively developing an application
using Chilkat components, but another 20 developers are working
on the same application but not using the components directly.
What license do I need to purchase?".
- Answer: You
only need a 4-developer license because only 4 developers are
programming with the component.
- Question:
"One developer will be programming with a Chilkat component,
but the component will be installed on many computers. What
license do I need?".
- Answer: You only need a 1-Developer
license.
- Question:
"I'm currently a licensed customer and use the Chilkat FTP2 ActiveX. I wish to migrate the application to .NET. Do I need to purchase another license?".
- Answer: No. Your unlock code is valid for all platforms: ActiveX, all .NET Frameworks, VC++ (all versions), GCC/Linux, Perl, Python, Ruby, Java, etc, Linux, Windows, and any other operating systems supported now or in the future. etc.
- Question:
(Regarding a 1-Developer License) "If I leave the project and someone else takes over can he use the same license (i.e. license for one developer at a time) or not (i.e. license for a specific named developer only ever)?".
- Answer: The license is actually for one specific named developer. The reason is because a new developer presents a new support load (i.e. might be asking the same questions again, or new questions) and it's the equivalent support load of 2 developers.
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