SDl Tridion License

Question

Can someone share their knowledge about procuring the SDL Tridion licenses in following scenario:

1) Someone wants to take/buy the license for individual purpose - No Organization, No Production websites, No Commercial use - Just for Learning purpose. Is their something called trial license or reciprocal licenses for that sake. Please note the Individual is not an SDL Tridion MVP

2) Someone wants to take/buy the license for Marketing purpose - No Organization, No Commercial Use other than giving demos

3) What is the procedure for an organization to register for being a Partner with SDL Tridion

Answer 1

The only option I know of (as it seems you have discovered) for a free individual research license is to gain SDL Tridion MVP status, or work for an SDL partner who has a partner licenses. Other than that you may need to purchase one.

You will need to contact SDL about this - They are the only ones who can provide you pricing information on SDL Tridion.

http://www.sdl.com/products/tridion/

Answer 2

It is not possible to have an individual license, also not for personal or training use.

When you want to obtain a license for marketing purposes you need to enroll as a partner. You can use the following form to indicate that you want to become one:

http://www.sdl.com/community/partner/partner-programs/tridion-partners/index-tab5.html#10-7785

Often specific POC licenses are issued during sales cycles, but they are specific to the prospect environment.

Answer 3

SDL now makes a free developer license (not for commercial use) available. Details on their community website here:

https://community.sdl.com/solutions/content-management/tridion/tridion-developer/w/wiki/863.sdl-web-licenses