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# 💡 How licenses work

In this article:
1. [What is a license?](#2-what-is-a-license)
2. [License types](#2-license-types)
3. [License duration](#2-license-duration)


Once [a bundle is created](https://help.warpvr.com/en/article/set-up-a-bundle-138u3pv/), licenses control who can play a scenario and for how long.

## 🆕 What is a license?

A license gives a trainee or device the right to download and play a scenario. It works alongside group access: group membership lets a trainee *see* the scenario in the app, but a valid license is required to actually *play* it.
Licenses come from bundles. When a [bundle is shared](https://help.warpvr.com/en/article/share-a-bundle-1lzqgrf/) with your workspace, a set of licenses is included - either unlimited, or a fixed number tied to trainees or devices.

## 🆕 License types

###### Unlimited
No restrictions on the number of trainees or devices. There are no license limits or renewal settings. Anyone in the assigned group can play the scenario without a license count being tracked.
###### Trainee license
Tied to individual trainees. A fixed number of licenses is included with the bundle. When a trainee plays a scenario, their reserved license becomes active.
###### Device license
Tied to specific devices rather than individual trainees. A fixed number of licenses is included, and a license is activated when a device plays the scenario.

## 🆕 License duration

For trainee and device licenses, a duration is set when the bundle is created. This duration determines how long each individual license remains active before it expires.
Licenses can be offered as a **subscription** - see below for how duration and expiration work for each.

### ❓When do licenses expire?
The expiration date depends on how the bundle was purchased:
**Not a subscription:** Each active license expires after the set license duration (e.g. 3 months from activation). The bundle itself also has a expiration date, which is one year from the activation date. After that, any remaining unused licenses expire automatically.
**Subscription:** Each active license expires at the next renewal date of the subscription. On renewal, the existing licenses expire and a new set is issued automatically. This repeats each cycle for as long as the subscription is active.

### 👉 Subscriptions
A subscription keeps your bundle access running automatically. At each renewal date the current licenses expire, a new set of licenses is created for the next period and the renewal date is updated.
If a subscription is canceled, access continues until the end of the current period - it is not removed immediately. After that period ends, all content from the bundle is removed from your workspace, including any assignments to groups, devices, or users.
For unlimited licenses (non-subscription), ending a bundle removes access immediately.