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I recently purchased Matlab and own two computers. Can I use the software on both PCs? I have a laptop and desktop computer.
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Walter Roberson
on 7 Feb 2019
Student license or Home license or MOOC license: NO
Nodelocked license: NO
Education license: Yes, with 2 being the limit for some forms of Education license
Individual (Standard/ Professional/ Commercial) license: Yes, with 4 being the limit
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Walter Roberson
on 30 Oct 2023
@Jerry your "yes" is significantly inaccurate. Read the license terms.
edit(fullfile(matlabroot,'license_agreement.txt'))
1. License Options
1.1. Individual License Option
(ii) A Named User may install the Programs on up to four (4) different
Computers but may not use a Program on more than two (2) Computers
simultaneously, except that Student and Home Licenses are limited to a
single Computer.
2. License Uses
2.3. Student
(i) Student Licenses may be licensed by students enrolled in
degree-granting educational institutions, or primary and secondary schools,
or those participating in a continuing education program at a
degree-granting educational institution. A Licensee may use the Programs
only on a single physical (not virtual) Computer owned or leased by the
student.
2.4. Home
(ii) A Licensee of a Home License may use the Programs only on a single
physical (not virtual) Computer owned or leased by the Licensee.
So not just one place but two different places in the license terms, the Student and Home licenses are explicitly restricted to use on a single physical computer.
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