Commercial License
Your commercial license for the Structure plugin (including Starter licenses) typically has no expiration date, so it's good to use forever. However, it has Maintenance Expiration Date which limits which versions of the plugin can be used with that license – you can only use the versions released prior to that date.
To use versions released later, you need to purchase maintenance renewal, which extends your maintenance expiration date one year forward – independently of the date of purchase.
Example:
Date license purchased |
2012-01-01 |
License expiration date |
None |
Maintenance expiration date |
2013-01-01 |
Products and terms allowed by the license |
All versions released prior to 2013-01-01 can be used indefinitely |
Maintenance renewal purchased |
2012-12-10 (doesn't matter) |
Renewed license maintenance expiration date |
2014-01-01 |
Renewed terms |
All versions released prior to 2014-01-01 can be used indefinitely |
Evaluation License
Evaluation and temporary licenses have expiration date, after which they just stop working – they allow to use the product before the specified date.
Make sure you renew evaluation or get another license key before expiration.
License expiration and maintenance expiration warnings
JIRA administrators will see a warning message at the top of some pages when current Structure license nears expiration. (The message can be hidden and won't show again in the same browser.)