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Revit's current license scheme creates a huge entrance hurdle for a large number of architects on their way to familiarize themselves with the current state of technology. A research/education license scheme for everybody would help to overcome this hurdle - while it might boost the dissemination and, on a larger time scale, even the state of development of Revit as well.
A more suitable approach in my opinion would be to base the license fee on the actual income made with the aid of Revit rather than to make the license fee the same for everybody. Currently a large company busily working on huge industrial projects pays the same amount of money as an architect out of work trying to catch up with the technological state of the art in order to improve his chances on the job market or a retired architect or pupil who would like to follow his passion and use Revit to model the architectural heritage or possible future of his favorite town.
A complex software like Revit is very expensive to develop and to maintain. Rather than on the individual license fee the income, however, depends on the size of the user base. A different license scheme therefore could have a positive influence on the amount of money available for the further development of Revit as well.
I know, this is a very controversial topic - and this is probably not the place intended for this kind of discussion 
Indeed. Our own licensing renewal budget is eye-opening...
And how exactly would Autodesk confirm how much "income" is being earned? Take their word for it?
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If you are going to fly by the seat of your pants, expect friction burns.
"I don't know" is the beginning of knowledge, not the end.
@Matt__W wrote:
What if you lose money? Does Autodesk then pay YOU?
Good point. I was trying not to be *too* snarky about it.
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If you are going to fly by the seat of your pants, expect friction burns.
"I don't know" is the beginning of knowledge, not the end.
If you are going to fly by the seat of your pants, expect friction burns.
"I don't know" is the beginning of knowledge, not the end.
Hi Matt,
Thank you very much for your positive approach and your helpful ideas!
Unfortunately I am currently neither a student nor a researcher. When applying for a "student" version you have to be involved with a university, so this is (currently) no option in my case (and no solution for lots of others in simular situations).
I had the opportunity to be part of the testing group for DesignScript (now Dynamo). But the testing period is over - and it seems to be pretty difficult to become a member of the Revit beta team (or maybe I just did not find the right information?). Also I am interested in a solution for all the other people in a similar situation as well - who would like to use Revit for enhancing their skill set by private study, for personal (research) projects - or even just for the fun of experimenting with the latest tools
Anyway, thank you very much for taking me serious rather than ranting at me
All the best,
Dietrich
> And how exactly would Autodesk confirm how much "income" is being earned? Take their word for it?
Trusting the users?
I think this question applies to the current situation as well: for users related to academia there are no fees - but this doesn't mean that Revit has no income. The purpose of this regulation rather is to earn more money, not less
If the license doesn't allow the use of Revit in commercial projects I suppose that people wouldn't go through the risk to use a private install for commercial projects.
There are lots of successful companies with similar approaches:
- https://store.unity.com/
- https://www.juce.com/get-juce
- https://www.cryengine.com/
In the software world there are the "dual-licensing" schemes:
- Dual-Licensing As A Business Model
http://oss-watch.ac.uk/resources/duallicence2
- Multi-licensing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-licensing
The number of possible business models is huge - and the purpose of most of them is not to have less income - but more. Having a large user base often means to earn more money, not less, even if people on an individual base pay less - and some of them nothing at all.
In the software world there are the "dual-licensing" schemes:
- Dual-Licensing As A Business Model
http://oss-watch.ac.uk/resources/duallicence2
- Multi-licensing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-licensing
The number of possible business models is huge - and the purpose of most of them is not to have less income - but more. Having a large user base often means to earn more money, not less, even if people on an individual base pay less - and some of them nothing at all.
Cheers, Dietrich
Anyway - I see that there is not much enthusiasm for my idea.
So before more people get angry about me I promise to stop writing further emails
As some people took the time to write an answer, however, I thought it to be my obligation to do the same.
So long...
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