What does this mean?

• There are no longer be separate Windows and Mac products.
  
• No “crossgrade” needed.
  
• Rhino for Windows and Mac will be the same price and the same product option.
  
• Any earlier version of Rhino for Windows or Mac can be upgraded to Rhino 8.
  
• A Rhino license key in the Zoo or Cloud Zoo can be shared among both Windows and Mac users.

How to license Rhino 8

There are now  three ways  to use your licence:

1. Cloud Zoo - Make your licenses available anywhere in the world through a login.

Cloud Zoo Licensing is the newest way to license Rhino. The Benefits:

• For individual users, use your Rhino Accounts login to use Rhino rather than activating and deactivating a key every time. This means Rhino can be used on any computer.
  
• For corporations and schools, Cloud Zoo can simplify license distribution. Organizations can create a pool of licenses and share the licenses with team members.
  
• Work online or offline. No need to check out licenses, so you should not be caught out on the road without a license.
  
• Licensing will even work without a constant internet connection.
  
• Let McNeel manage the license server infrastructure.
  

1. Create a Rhino account.
   
2. Add a license to your Cloud Zoo.
   
3. Remove a license from your Cloud Zoo.
   
4. Create a team in your Cloud Zoo.
   
   
   

2. Single-Computer - License Rhino to one single computer.

This will lock a license directly to a specific computer. You can move a license to a different computer. Simply remove it from the old one and install it on the new one, with no need to contact McNeel & Associates.

3. Zoo - Float a set of Rhino licenses within your private network.

Zoo server software  is free to download and run on a server in a private network. With the Zoo manage all your licenses centrally from the Zoo server, making them available to anybody on your private network. Access from home or satellite offices requires a VPN connection.