quartus lite says "You have 7 days remaining"? [quartus_cpf]

[Altera_Forum]

Hello, 

I notice that even though I installed the quartus lite - when I am running through an example on the DE10-Nano, a particular command (quartus_cpf) says "You have 7 days remaining (until May 16, 2018) to use..." Should the lite version stop working in this way? I posted the output below for reference.... Please help! Thanks! lefty   D:\projects\DE10-Nano\Demonstrations\SoC_FPGA\Nios_Access_DDR3\demo_batch>sof_to _rbf  D:\projects\DE10-Nano\Demonstrations\SoC_FPGA\Nios_Access_DDR3\demo_batch>C:\int elFPGA_lite\17.1\quartus\\bin64\\quartus_cpf -c -o bitstream_compression=on DE10 _NANO_SoC_GHRD.sof soc_system.rbf Info: ******************************************************************* Info: Running Quartus Prime Convert_programming_file  Info: Version 17.1.1 Internal Build 593 12/11/2017 SJ Lite Edition  Info: Copyright (C) 2017 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.  Info: Your use of Intel Corporation's design tools, logic functions  Info: and other software and tools, and its AMPP partner logic  Info: functions, and any output files from any of the foregoing  Info: (including device programming or simulation files), and any  Info: associated documentation or information are expressly subject  Info: to the terms and conditions of the Intel Program License  Info: Subscription Agreement, the Intel Quartus Prime License Agreement,  Info: the Intel FPGA IP License Agreement, or other applicable license  Info: agreement, including, without limitation, that your use is for  Info: the sole purpose of programming logic devices manufactured by  Info: Intel and sold by Intel or its authorized distributors. Please  Info: refer to the applicable agreement for further details.  Info: Processing started: Wed May 09 17:07:53 2018 Info: Command: quartus_cpf -c -o bitstream_compression=on DE10_NANO_SoC_GHRD.sof  soc_system.rbf Info (292036): Thank you for using the Quartus Prime software 30-day evaluation.  you have 7 days remaining (until may 16, 2018) to use the quartus prime softwar e with compilation and simulation support. Info: Quartus Prime Convert_programming_file was successful. 0 errors, 0 warning s  Info: Peak virtual memory: 285 megabytes  Info: Processing ended: Wed May 09 17:07:58 2018  Info: Elapsed time: 00:00:05  Info: Total CPU time (on all processors): 00:00:04  D:\projects\DE10-Nano\Demonstrations\SoC_FPGA\Nios_Access_DDR3\demo_batch>pause Press any key to continue . . .  D:\projects\DE10-Nano\Demonstrations\SoC_FPGA\Nios_Access_DDR3\demo_batch>echo % QUARTUS_ROOTDIR% C:\intelFPGA_lite\17.1\quartus  D:\projects\DE10-Nano\Demonstrations\SoC_FPGA\Nios_Access_DDR3\demo_batch>

[TPier1]

I'm having the same problem. I thought Quartus Lite was free forever, not for 30 days. This message seems to imply it's not. Info (292036): Thank you for using the Quartus Prime software 30-day evaluation.

I don't understand if I need to buy a license for Standard or Pro

[MirceaCris_V_Intel]

I'm also interested in this subject. Do you have any update on this? Did Quartus really stop working after 30days? Thanks.