What license I need ?

I use MATLAB for preparing journal publications. I have no benifits from these publications.

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

You do not need any special license to publish any figure you created with MATLAB or any MATLAB code that you yourself created.

However, if you happen to be using a Student license or a Home license, then the license terms get a little complicated. In the case of a Student license, if the paper was not written as a "course-work requirement" then it would arguably fall outside of the limitations that Student licenses are to be used only for course work and not for "personal benefit" (advancing one's career is arguably a "personal benefit".)

If you happen to be in that situation, of using a Student or Home license to create material that will be published, then I recommend asking Mathworks for permission.

If you have an Academic or Standard (commercial) license then you do not need to ask Mathworks for permission: your rights to your own work are written right into the user agreement in those cases.

Answer 2

[Dror Tapiero]

Hi, if I want to open a course in MATLAB with benefits and to launch a website that will generate income from it, what license do I need? Can I use the academic one?

[Walter Roberson]

"generate income from it" requires a Standard (also known as Commercial) license -- or at least requires a Startup license

[Dror Tapiero]

Thanks!

[Janis]

What is the difference between the Standard/Commercial license vs the Startup license?

If I used Matlab to write my own code, which is then incorporated into a product our startup is developing, is a standard license ok? How about if I use any packages/libraries/toolboxes?

Thanks!

[Walter Roberson]

@Janis

The Standard / Commercial license is the most expensive form, with the greatest flexibility.

The Startup license is similar to the Standard license, but is restricted to

• Founded within the last 5 years
• Fewer than 15 engineers
• Less than $1 million USD in annual revenue

[Janis]

Thank you @Walter Roberson.

I must be reading the website wrong then, because I see Standard as USD980/year and Startups as USD3,950/year. Your explanation makes so much more sense, but now I'm so confused! Is it because of the number of toolbox we need?

[Walter Roberson]

@Janis

The Startup license you indicate is for the MATLAB and Simulink Startup Suite -- which includes over 90 toolboxes. The $980/year license does not include any toolboxes at all.