Do I need persistent Internet connection to use Community Edition?

Generally speaking, Internet connection is required for the activation of license. After that, the free edition has 180 days of validity. The software automatically renews the license daily, so there is no practical time limit for free edition. However, if the Internet is severed the software will not be able to renew the license so it will expire after last known validity date. This 180 days validity is just an initial value we set for now. Depending on how people will join our patronship,  it can be extended to 365 days or even longer.

As for patron reward license, the validity is 5 days. It is defined so because a patron can cancel patronship at any moment. However if you are willing to pay a one-time-per-pledge PCL fee, it will be possible for you to use Community Edition in offline mode, for a long period of time. If you need to increase your PCL value, please contact us.

Also, these validity ranges are not hard limits. Please join us on the chat to provide your input. As long as we can keep up our revenue stream, anything is possible.

See also

• What is Patron Credit Level (PCL)?