Termination of Use

There are several ways in which use of a licence may be terminated. These are explained below.

Licence expiry

Software is generally supplied to the organisation for an overall licence period. During this period, the licence is current and can be used by all users within a group. At the end of the licence period, the licence expires and software use ceases until new licences are purchased or old licences are renewed from Maptek.

IT administration time limits

The IT administration may set time limits for offline use when borrowing or using fail-safe mode on a per-group basis.

User-selected time limits

When setting up groups of entitlements, an IT administrator can choose different time limits for borrowing and fail-safe modes. For example, a group may allow the entitlements it contains to be borrowed for a maximum duration of 6 months. When a user borrows the licence, they can specify their own borrowing time limit as 2 weeks only. Their software will function for a duration of 2 weeks and cease operating thereafter, unless the licence is re-borrowed.

Licence use online

Maptek Account will manage the licence allocations available in a group and according to the licensing mode the user sets to run their software. The licensing modes consist of periods of online and offline use. While online, a licence from within the user’s group is assigned to them for the duration of the session, then released to the group when the user ends the session. This action applies to online segments of both the live and fail-safe licensing modes. A licence shows as available if the user can use it, and becomes unavailable for other users when assigned to the user. When the user finishes their session, the licence is released back to the group and becomes available again.

Licence use offline

Maptek Account will manage a user’s offline use of software. While offline, Maptek Account is effectively counting down the applicable duration allocated for offline use. For example, if the user borrows a licence for 2 months of offline use, Maptek Account will count down the 2 months and then close the software and release the licence to the group.

Fail-safe mode also counts down, but the allowable offline duration is only up to 12 hours, subject to the limit configured by the IT administrator. Online operation should resume if an internet connection is restored within the allowed 12 hours (maximum) of offline operation. Live mode will time out in a similar manner if the internet connection is interrupted more than 10 to 15 minutes. When this happens, the software closes and releases the licence automatically to the group. The next time the software is started online, Maptek Account assigns an available licence to the user from their group. When they close the session, Maptek Account releases the licence back to the group, and so on.