License expiring in Rhino 8 WIP

[Haiming]

It shows that the license is expiring in 39 days? I currently hold a license for rhino 7.

[dale (Dale Fugier)]

Yep, WIP releases expire, intentionally.

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[Haiming]

so sad because my m1 mac works the best on this version… hope for the official release soon!

[tay.othman (tay.0)]

part of the duties of being a WIP user is to report if something goes wrong. so I suggest staying up to date and speak up!

[Haiming]

the problem with wip is… once got a try, I can never go back lolz

[wim (Wim Dekeyser)]

Hi -
I can’t tell from the conversation here if you’ve gotten the answer you need. Sorry to state the obvious if that’s the case…

@Haiming

It shows that the license is expiring in 39 days?

Just to make sure - your license is not expiring. It’s the WIP that expires, and they do after 45 days from release. Within that time, a new WIP is released every week (unless something goes wrong and we need to skip a week), typically on Tuesday afternoons Seattle time. Simply install the new WIP when it comes out and continue using it until Rhino 8 is officially released.
-wim

[Haiming]

Thank you so much for clarifying! I thought I won’t be able to use the wip version after 39 days as mentioned in the attached screenshot. Knowing that I am able to reinstall rhino wip after the old one expires is truly a blessing.

[wim (Wim Dekeyser)]

Hi -

@Haiming

Knowing that I am able to reinstall rhino wip after the old one expires is truly a blessing.

Please don’t wait until the WIP has expired. Just update it every week.
-wim

[AlW]

@wim

Just update it every week.

Usually. Occasionally they will skip a week. You can skip a week or two too, if it’s not convenient to update.