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License Comparison Matrix
License type	Commercial	Personal	Academic	Classroom	Open Source
Qualifying users	Companies and organizations including non-profit and government	Individual customers using their own funds for purchase	Accredited educational institutions, individual students and teachers	Accredited educational institutions	Open source projects
License ownership	A company or organization	The individual who purchased the license only	An educational institution, or an individual student or staff member	An educational institution	An open source project
Purpose of use	General commercial	General commercial	Non-commercial, including education and academic research	Non-commercial, for teaching students in classes only	Non-commercial, for development of open source projects
License usage	A Commercial license can be used by any developer within a company/organization. Concurrent access to the software is restricted to the number of purchased licenses.	A Personal license can be used by a single developer who purchased it. Concurrent access to the software is restricted to the number of purchased licenses.	An Academic license can be used by any student/staff member within the educational institution, unless the license is registered to an individual student/teacher. Concurrent access to the software is restricted to the number of purchased licenses.	A Classroom license can be used by any student/staff member within the educational institution. Unlimited access to the software.	An Open Source license can be used by any member of the open source project. Unlimited access to the software.
Term of validity	Licenses are perpetual for the licensed version of the software	Licenses are perpetual for the licensed version of the software	Licenses are perpetual for the licensed version of the software	Licenses require annual renewal	Licenses require annual renewal
Availability	Full Edition: $349 C# Edition: $249 VB.NET Edition: $249	Full Edition: $199 C# Edition: $149 VB.NET Edition: $149	$49	Free Requires approval	Free Requires approval