Hot Potatoes is free for use by individuals working for state-funded educational institutions which are non-profit making, on the condition that the material you produce using the program is freely available to anyone via the WWW. However, you need to purchase a licence under any of the following conditions:
There are three basic kinds of licences:
You can purchase a licence for the number of computers on which you want to install Hot Potatoes. The Per-User Licence allows you to use one version of Hot Potatoes to create an unlimited amount of material for use on the World Wide Web. The only limitation is that you cannot produce more than 500 copies of a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM containing Hot Potatoes exercises (for this, you need a Large Publication Licence).
The costs for a Per-User Licence are listed on the Licence Application page.
The large publication licence is suitable for publishing companies who wish to distribute material made using Hot Potatoes with a publication, on CD-ROM or perhaps on a floppy disk. The typical case would be a textbook publisher distributing a CD of exercises with an edition of a textbook. The large publication licence allows you to install Hot Potatoes on any number of machines which are used by staff or contractors working on the publication, and create as much material as you like for that publication. The licence covers a print run of up to 50,000 copies; for larger print runs, a further licence is required. The large publication licence applies to only one edition of a given publication; for subsequent editions, separate licenses are required.
The upgrade license costs 50% of the original license price. For example, if you already own a 5-user license, the price to upgrade that license to the current version will be half of the price of a licence for the current version. EMail us for details if you want to purchase an upgrade license, or use the application form link below.
There are several methods for purchasing a licence, explained on the Licence Application page.
Once we have the payment, we will send you the license agreement.