YES. Lockheed Martin is very clear about their policy. Prepar3d is for many uses,
BUT not for entertainment/gaming. Period.
Lockheed Martin Prepar3D"In 2009 Lockheed Martin announced that they had negotiated with Microsoft to purchase the intellectual property (including source code) for the Microsoft ESP product. Microsoft ESP is the commercial-use version of "Flight Simulator X SP2". On May 17, 2010,[11] Lockheed announced that the new product based upon the ESP source code would be called "Prepar3D" (pronounced "Prepared")."Microsoft did not sell the rights for entertainment use. If LM started to sell Prepar3d for gaming, a lot of lawyers would make a lot of money. And LM would loose.
Can Prepar3D be used for entertainment?"No, Lockheed Martin does not offer Prepar3D for entertainment,In so far as gaming is concerned, that's pretty much the end of the story. Finito.
That does not mean that you can not use it!You simply can not use it
for entertainment.
Much is made about how Prepar3d should be used in training & education.This is from the
General Questions,
NOT the EULA.
•Students –
An academic license at a reduced price is available for educational purposes at the undergraduate college level and below (students in elementary, middle, high school or pursuing a bachelor’s degree).BUT THERE'S MOREEnd User License Agreement (EULA)An "End User License Agreement" is like a contract. It states Lockheed Martins' requirements, and what you can, and can't do.
A salesman can promise you that if you buy the car he's selling, girls will throw themselves all over you. But it's the contract that counts.
Or the EULA, in this case.
Here is the important part"The EULAs explain that Prepar3D can be used for purposes other than personal/consumer entertainment."But it
does not define, or limit, those other purposes, beyond the entertainment restriction.
(We're not discussing other limits such as making copies, etc.)From that EULA1. License Grant. Subject to the terms and conditions of this EULA, Licensor hereby grants Licensee a fully paid-up, nontransferable, nonsublicensable, nonexclusive license during the Term of this EULA to use the Software, but only on no more than one computer at any one time, only by no more than one user at any one time, and only for purposes other than personal/consumer entertainment."and only for purposes other than personal/consumer entertainment."That means not for
PERSONAL entertainment.
&
That means not for
CONSUMER entertainment.
NOWHERE in the EULA does it say that you must be enrolled in formal/institutional classes.
NOWHERE in the EULA does it restrict you from using Prepar3d for self study.
Strangely enough, I really am using Prepar3d for self education.
Honest. I really am.
Where I might get into trouble is because I've always enjoyed learning. Sixty plus years, and I still enjoy learning.
I was that little twit who wanted to look through the textbook on the first day of class.
In the end, the EULA trumps everything.What really surprises me is that the EULA is so clear and simple.
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