What happens if toolbox is not renewed

I am the (reluctant) administrator of a group of commercial Matlab licenses with some questions about toolbox renewals:

• What are the consequences of not renewing toolboxes assigned to a user who rarely uses them, but who has a current Matlab license?
• Will the user still be able to run shared code that calls for example out-of-date Simulink and the DSP System Toolbox? This will be an infrequent task.
• What issues will come up for the user over the next few years if we continue to not renew the licenses?
• Can I reassign an out-of-date license from one user to another? Say the DSP System Toolbox wasn't elected to be renewed in 2012; can it be assigned to a different user?

Answer 1

[Sean de Wolski]

Contact support. They can take you through your options.

[K E]

Here is my summary of Support's response, but readers please check with Support if you are considering discontinuing, in case the following information depends on your type of license.

• If you stop renewing a toolbox, you must run the old version of MATLAB when you need to use that toolbox.
• If you have a group license, it is possible to move out-of-date licenses between one user and the next. In fact I think this can be done via the License Center and the Assign/Unassign Products button.

Answer 2

[timo]

So basically is better for me to buy new toolboxes for my old matlab version that to pay a lot to renew all ?

[K E]

I am not sure if old Matlab can run new toolboxes. You would want to email Support to figure out the costs.

[timo]

they told me it cant run old toolboxes which i think is pure bullshit from their side

[Walter Roberson]

• You can only buy toolboxes for a MATLAB version you own.
• The toolbox version must exactly match the version of MATLAB used to run it
• Mathworks only allows toolboxes to be purchased against older versions of MATLAB for a limited time. I do not know what the current limit is; it might be 1 year.
• For the commercial/professional version, the minimum price for any of the standard toolboxes is $US1000. I do not know the exact maintenance cost for a toolbox, but on the order of $US150 per year is likely for the basic toolboxes. Renewing a toolbox 6-ish times would be about the same cost as buying the toolbox again.

[timo]

For a toolbox is 16 euro , for MATLAB is 49.But since i have a lot of them it costs me renewal 415 euro for all -_-''

[Walter Roberson]

It sounds as if you are using a Student Version license. I do not have enough information about the pricing of Student Version licenses and renewals to make an assessment.

Answer 3

[timo]

My total costs for renewal are ... €418.51