You need to check with Dovetail Technologies.  IIRC with one of the newer 
versions, V8?,  there was an implication that "expired" after 2 years.  I took 
that to mean that if I had V8.0.0 it would run of 2 years, before the 2 years 
was up you would have to go go V8.1.0 or what ever was current.  I never 
validated this.

One thing is that starting with V8, the community version is release after the 
Enterprise version, months after.  So if you stay current with z/OS, you may 
need to get Enterprise license.

On Mon, 6 Jul 2026 20:48:22 +0000, Pommier, Rex <[email protected]> wrote:

>Hi list,
>
>What I hope is a quick question about CO:z sftp licensing.  I know there are 2 
>different license models, the community license and the enterprise license.  
>The community one is a no charge license but support is via the community, 
>whereas the enterprise (if that's that it's called) is an annual subscription 
>and it includes formal support from the vendor.  I had been under the 
>impression that the community license is a perpetual license, in that we can 
>just keep using it forever or until DoveTailed Technologies removes that 
>option.  I was told today that the community license has a hard 2 year limit 
>on its usage.  Can somebody give me a definitive answer as to how long I can 
>use the community license?  Not looking to be cheap here, just trying to 
>understand the options.
>
>TIA,
>Rex
>
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