License models for software and middleware
SEGGER's software licensing offers a flexible approach to provide users with options that best fit their project requirements. All options are royalty free and allow unlimited production volumes.
License models
SEGGER provides flexible embedded-software licensing models designed to fit different product scopes and business structures. Licenses range from single-product and product-family options to CPU-based and company-wide models.
Each option clearly defines how software may be used across products, developers, and architectures. Specialized licenses also support silicon vendors in redistributing software to their customers.
Single Product License
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Product License definition:
"Product" means the end result of a manufacturing process that is offered to the marketplace under a specific name or order code. A product in development is a new product in the following cases:
- The product incorporates a hardware and/or functional modification
- A new revision of the original product has been assigned a new product name, number, or order code
License model suited for:
- Companies with project based budgets
- Companies with a small number of unrelated products
License-model features:
- Is perpetual
- Requires a one-time payment and is royalty free
- Allows for unlimited production volumes
- Does not require a license manager or dongle
- Includes free software updates and support for six months
Unlimited developers
One CPU architecture, one compiler & IDE
One product
Single Product License examples
Product A
Coffee maker "A" is one product; therefore, one license is needed.
Product B
Coffee maker "B" is a separate product; therefore, an additional license is needed.
Product C
Coffee maker "C" is a third product; therefore, an additional license is needed.
Product Family License
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Product Family License definition:
"Product Family" means a group of products with similar functionalities, identical purposes, and similar target markets. An additional license is required in the following cases:
- The product family incorporates a significant functional modification
- The new revision of a product family has been assigned a new name
License model suited for:
- Companies with many variations of a product
- Companies using product platforms with a similar function and market
- Companies using build-servers
License model features:
- Is perpetual
- Requires a one-time payment and is royalty free
- Allows for unlimited production volumes
- Does not require a license manager or dongle
- Includes free software updates and support for six months
Unlimited developers
One CPU architecture, one compiler & IDE
Unlimited products within one product family
Product Family License examples
Product Family B, Type 1
The "Type 1" coffee maker belongs to "Product Family B" (the automatic coffe maker base model). Only one "Product Family License" is needed.
Product Family B, Type 2
The "Type 2" coffee maker belongs to "Product Family B" as well (a model of an automatic coffee maker with a milk frother). The same "Product Family License" is used.
Product Family B, Type 3
The "Type 3" coffee maker belongs to "Product Family B" as well (a model of an automatic coffee maker with an extended milk frother unit). The same "Product Family License" is used.
CPU License
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CPU License definition:
- The software can be used for only and with the CPU and compiler that the customer selected at the time of ordering
- An additional license is required if a different compiler is used
License model suited for:
- Companies with many variations of a product
- Companies using product platforms with the same CPU and same compiler
- Companies using build-servers
License model features:
- Is perpetual
- Requires a one-time payment and is royalty free
- Allows for unlimited production volumes
- Does not require a license manager or dongle
- Includes free software updates and support for six months
Unlimited developers
One CPU architecture, one compiler & IDE
Unlimited products & product families
Company-Wide Buyout License
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Company-Wide Buyout License definition:
- Unlimited number of users
- Unlimited number of products - no royalties
- Unlimited number of sites (all sites need to belong to the same legal entity)
- Software can be installed and used on all PCs, laptops or other development systems within the company simultaneously without dealing with a license server
License model suited for:
- Companies with a global budget, many developers, and many products
License model features:
- Offers maximum flexibility
- Has no limit on products or developers
- Is perpetual
- Requires a one-time payment and is royalty free
- Allows for unlimited production volumes
Does not require a license manager or dongle
