Product Licensing Explained

Tracker Software Products offers various licensing options for our end-user and developer products. Below is a explanation of the different licensing options available from end user licenses to corporate packages and the scope and limitations of each.

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THERE ARE NO ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION OR MANDATORY ANNUAL FEES -  ALL END USER LICENSES ARE PERPETUAL and Annual Maintenance optional - which allows access to the latest releases and updates if desired.

Please note, PDF-XChange Co Ltd. and Tracker Software Products (Canada) Ltd only release license keys on receipt of payment.
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Download PDF version of End User License Agreements (EULA):

PDF-XChange Product Line EULA

PDF-XChange Lite Non-Commercial EULA

End user Licensing: single and multi-pack volume licenses

Our licensing is user based, meaning a license must be held for any user that has direct access to the licensed software.

Non-corporate licenses have no geographical restrictions.

*We extend our end user licensing to allow 1 desktop installation and one installation on a secondary device (ie. laptop or Windows based Tablet, etc) provided you are the primary user of both your desktop and laptop.
 

Corporate Licensing

Owners of Corporate and Enterprise licenses may use and install the software on an unlimited number of workstations, or servers, provided that sufficient licenses are purchased to cover all users. Additionally where a Site or Country license pack has been purchased, for use by unlimited numbers of users, the following geographic and scope restrictions apply:
 

• Corp Site License
  A single SITE LICENSE is for a single physical corporate location (building or group of buildings at the same geographic location).
   
• Corp Country Pack License
  Owners of the CORPORATE ‘COUNTRY’ LICENSE may install and use the software on unlimited sites within a single national border/nation – but not in other countries and only for the benefit of a single corporate body or its wholly owned subsidiary enterprises.
   
• Corp World Wide Pack (Global < 75,000 users)
  Owners of the WORLD WIDE CORPORATE LICENSE (GLOBAL)  shall have the right to install and use the software in an unlimited number of locations and without any restriction on use in so far as national borders are concerned – all of these licenses relate to a single corporate body or its wholly owned subsidiary enterprises.
   
• Corp World Wide Pack (Enterprise > 75,000 users)
  Owners of the WORLD WIDE CORPORATE LICENSE (ENTERPRISE) purchased on or after May 1st 2014 shall have the right to install and use the software in an unlimited number of locations and without any restriction on use in so far as national borders are concerned. Licenses relate to a single Corporate body, any subsidiary enterprise in which an ultimate controlling interest (howsoever structured) of not less than 50.1% is held, all staff employed by any agency or affiliate provided that such staff are employed and engaged in a role exclusively for the benefit of the Licensee or its qualifying subsidiary enterprises on a long term basis.
   

NOTE: PDF-XChange may only be installed on equipment directly owned or leased by the Licensee and used by its staff or Agency staff employed long term and employed for the sole benefit of the Licensee.
 

Government Licensing

These licenses allow for 4 differing bandings based on Geographical coverage (e.g. Local/Municipal or Provincial/State/County etc and the number of users required, all allow for multiple departments and services such as Administrative, Educational, Emergency Services, Health, Planning etc - provided the users are employed directly by the local Government body or are employed by Agency/Administrative body to work exclusively for the Local Government holding the License itself.

These licenses are not intended for use by National/Federal Government users or 3rd party contractors or consultants etc. For more information on these licenses or if you are a Federal Government user requiring Volume licensing information  -  please contact our sales/support team.
 

• Government Local/Municipality License (< 25,000 users)
   
• Government Local/Municipality License (> 25,000 users)
   
• Government State/Provincial/Regional (< 75,000 users)
   
• Government State/Provincial/Regional (> 75,000 users)
   

Developer SDK Product Licensing

Download PDF version of Developer SDK License Agreements (EULA):

PDF-XChange Driver API SDK & PDF-XChange PRO SDK

PDF-XChange Core API SDK & PDF-Tools SDK

* Viewer and Editor SDK licensing requires a license agreement be completed prior to release of serial keys, and requires that a distribution delcaration be submitted a minimum of once annually, the first to be received within 13 months of purchase.

PDF-XChange Viewer Simple DLL & Viewer ActiveX SDK License Agreement

PDF-XChange Editor Simple and Editor SDK License Agreement

Viewer/Editor SDK Distribution Declaration

If you have any questions or require further clarification on product licensing options that best fit your organization's needs please contact our sales dept at sales@pdf-xchange.com.