MATLAB: What are the licensing terms

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I want to know the duration of an Individual License. I want to know the price of re-installation after that term is finished. I want to know the duration of a Student License. And I also what to know why this information cannot be found anywhere on Mathwork's website?

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Individual licenses are permanent. There are limits on the number of systems you can have them installed on, and limits on the number of times per year you can change the computer they are associated with, but you can keep running as long as you can still find computers that support the operating executable.

Support for any given release is only available for at most 5 years (when you have appropriate support contracts.)

There are three versions of the Student Version license. One is valid for one term, one is valid for one year, and the most common one is valid indefinitely. "Indefinitely" is "as long as you are enrolled in a degree-granting institution". If you graduate and get a job then your license could not be used -- but if you went back for additional courses, then the license would be valid while you are enrolled in those courses. To put it another way, the license would be valid whenever you are a student, but would not be valid while you are not a student. It would not have to be re-activated for that kind of continued use: it is a legal limitation rather than a technical limitation.

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MATLAB: GpuArray/filter doesn’t support multi-channel lag terms

This is a bug that was fixed in R2016b, so you must have an earlier version of MATLAB. If you can't upgrade, you can avoid it by specifying more than 2 filter taps, or using the same initial condition for all inputs.

I believe you can get an identical answer by adding some additional zeros:

Y = filter(B, [A, 0] , X , [Zi; zeros(1,size(Zi,2))]);

This should avoid the problem.

MATLAB: Can I use the Student Version of MATLAB after the course has ended

http://www.mathworks.com/academia/student_version/faq/index.html

Q.   For how long is my Student Version software activated?
A.   Your Student Version software is activated indefinitely. However, after four years you may need to re-submit proof of student status to activate it on a new machine. After you graduate you will need to purchase a professional license.
Q.   What are the acceptable uses for the Student Version?
A.   MATLAB and Simulink Student Version can be used for course work as long as you are enrolled at a degree-granting institution, including continuing education courses. Use in professional research conducted at universities and commercial use of Student Version software is strictly prohibited.

And then, from the Terms of Use (accessible from the help documentation)

5. LICENSE TERM.  The Student License may be acquired (as available) in one of two, separate term lengths, either the Standard Student License Term (for the standard Student Version License) or the One-Year Student License Term (for the Student Version One-Year License).  Licensees of the Standard Student License Term agree that their Student License expires automatically immediately after the duration of Licensee's enrollment in a degree-granting institution or participation in a continuing education program of a degree-granting institution.  Licensees of the One-Year Student License Term agree that their Student License expires automatically after one year, as measured from the date the Student License is first activated.

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