MATLAB: Who owns the rights to images created with MATLAB (student license)

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I've read that the student license not allow the commercial use of MATLAB. Would this also include, for example, producing plots and images with MATLAB and then including those in a monetized YouTube video? If so, would this still be the case if those images produced were released separately under something like creative commons?

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A few years ago I noticed that one of the local electronics store was advertising "Free iPad!" with fine print "with purchase of selected models of 50 inch television or larger". The iPad was, in other words, not free at all.

You cannot use MATLAB Student license to earn money, period. It is not enough to give away copies of the images created using MATLAB: you need to not have used MATLAB to make the monetized product. Not even for the preparation work or proof of concept, at least not with the deliberate intent of monetizing. You may only use the student license for assignments and learning related to your courses or other educational requirements.

It does not even matter that you "could have" used some other program to produce the images that are included in what you monetize: it matters that you do use some other program to produce the images... Or that you pay Mathworks for a commercial/professional license.

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The appropriate section of the R2016a License Agreement says,

    2.1. Academic Internal Operations.  The installation and use of the
    Programs by Licensed Users, in accordance with the Academic License Option
    acquired, for the purpose of (i) in the case of employees (faculty and
    academic staff), performing software administration, teaching, and
    noncommercial, academic research in their ordinary course as Licensee's
    employees; and (ii) in the case of enrolled students, meeting classroom
    requirements of courses and study offered by the Licensee.  Any other use
    is expressly prohibited.

This is in contrast to

1. SCOPE.  The provisions of this Academic Installation and Use Addendum apply
to each Program licensed under the Agreement at prices offered only to
degree-granting educational institutions ("Academic prices") for Academic
Internal Operations only, as defined below.  Research and development divisions
and centers of universities, U.S. government agencies and other not-for-profit
organizations do not qualify for Academic prices.

So academic research is permitted with Academic licenses, but "Research and development divisions" are not. "Research and development divisions" are pretty much for-profit entities, if not directly then with the idea of developing an idea far enough that a commercial company will buy the rights (generating enough money to keep running the place.)

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Standard individual license, also known as Professional license or Commercial licence (all are the same thing.)

None of the other licenses permit earning income, even just though monetization of advertising.

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