Tech Connector / Licensing

Build more. Choose what you give back.

Choose the license that fits your work. Community is free for registered creator projects through the first USD $500,000 of lifetime Adjusted Project Profit. Community Plus is an optional path for creators who want residual contributions to begin earlier and support industry improvement. Indie is paid without project residuals, and Enterprise starts with a conversation.

Secure purchase: Indie Annual is $99/year and Indie Perpetual is $300 one-time per named user. Select a paid plan and sign in to the account portal to review the exact published offer and agreement. Card details are collected only by hosted Stripe Checkout. A signed license is issued only after confirmed payment; taxes and final terms are shown before you pay.
100 beta testing places

Beta testing is separate from Community licensing

Beta users verify one account, review the short Beta Testing Agreement, and receive a protected download automatically. The beta agreement covers evaluation and feedback only. Community terms appear only when Community is selected; Indie uses its normal checkout and download terms.

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License type
Free through $500,000

Community

Planned: Early Supporter

For registered creator projects. No upfront license fee and no residual on the first USD $500,000 of lifetime Adjusted Project Profit.

  • Personal, noncommercial, and eligible commercial creator projects
  • Project registration and accepted terms required for commercial use
  • Signed project terms define any economics above the free threshold

Windows beta and source options

Optional · residual starts at $0

Community Plus

Early Adopter

For creators who voluntarily want residual contributions to begin with the first positive dollar of lifetime Adjusted Project Profit and support industry improvement.

  • No upfront license charge
  • Published marginal rates: Solo 0.50% / 0.75% / 1.00%; Micro 0.75% / 1.00% / 1.25%; Small 1.00% / 1.25% / 1.50%
  • One existing Tech Connector T-shirt after cumulative qualifying residual contributions exceed USD $50
  • The secure portal shows the exact applicable schedule and shipping terms before enrollment

Why choose Community Plus?

Paid named-user license

Indie Annual

Planned: Early Adopter

For eligible creators and teams of 25 or fewer people. $99 USD per named user per year. The final offer will state covered releases, renewal and support terms. No project residual for covered use.

  • One verified person per seat
  • Any applicable taxes shown before payment
  • DCC Tools Pack is a separate optional add-on
One-time named-user license

Indie Perpetual

Planned: Early Adopter

For eligible creators seeking a perpetual grant for the major version named in the final offer. $300 USD one-time per named user.

  • One verified person per seat
  • Covered major version and taxes shown before payment
  • No project residual for covered use
Contact us

Enterprise & Custom

For larger organizations, major corporate IP, redistribution, hosted services, or negotiated rights. Scope, seats, support, and price require an approved written order.

Recognizing the people who join early

We plan to record Early Supporter for verified Community accounts and Early Adopter for verified Community Plus and Indie accounts. The designation will be stored with the account when a qualifying license is issued. We want to find ways to return value to these people if the company succeeds, but no reward, payment, equity, discount, or eligibility window is promised yet. Any future benefit will have separate published terms. Community Plus's proposed creator-support residual is a separate program.

Community

Request Community access with no residual on the first USD $500,000 of a registered project's lifetime Adjusted Project Profit.

This sends an access request; it does not create a license or charge you.

Why Community Plus?

A creator-support path for AI-assisted work

Tech Connector includes AI features. Community Plus is an optional way for creators to begin residual contributions earlier than standard Community terms and support a future system that may return value to eligible people in the creative community. It is an alternative to the standard Community and paid Indie paths, not a requirement.

Start without an upfront license fee

Community Plus aligns contributions with project success. The marginal residual threshold is USD $0, so the applicable rate begins with the first positive dollar of lifetime Adjusted Project Profit.

Support creative contributors

The goal is potential residual value for eligible artists and other contributors under a transparent attribution and payout process. No payment or eligibility promise is made yet.

See the rules before opting in

The secure portal presents the exact immutable agreement, studio-size schedule, reporting basis, reward terms, and content hashes before acceptance.

Community Plus residual: published license path

Community Plus begins its marginal residual at USD $0 of lifetime Adjusted Project Profit for creators who voluntarily choose that path. A project with no positive Adjusted Project Profit owes no residual. The applicable solo, micro, or small-studio schedule is shown before acceptance.

No specific contribution start point, rate, allocation, reporting schedule, creator-eligibility rule, attribution method, or payout promise is published yet. Those terms must be explicit before anyone can opt in. This page is not a contract and does not accept residual terms.

The T-shirt reward does not define or imply a residual rate: it is a one-time Community Plus benefit after a member's cumulative qualifying residual contributions exceed USD $50. One shirt per member; shipping terms apply.

Sign up for Tech Connector access

Tell us which license you need. Beta users can use the secure online activation path above; no Installation ID is required. Sending this form does not charge you.

Each of the first 100 confirmed beta reservations includes access to the Community beta path. Sign in through the secure license portal and Tech Connector will discover the license automatically.

Optional merch for every license: see the Tech Connector T-shirt. The shirt uses a separate Printify checkout and does not affect this request.
100 beta testing places are available. The beta signup uses its own feedback agreement and protected download. It does not enroll the tester in Community or Indie licensing.

Existing Cinematic Exporter, Character Pipeline Toolkit, and Complete Production Toolkit purchases use their separate Gumroad checkout. Those purchases do not automatically activate Tech Connector Core or the Official Tools Bundle.

See the Windows beta download and validation status before installing.