Understand the EULA and commercial host status
Workspace separates free use for a business's own processes from a commercial provider operation. This page explains the first system sign-in, when you need a commercial host license, and the “No commercial license” footer message.
Accept the EULA at the first system sign-in
New local and self-hosted installations require the current EULA before Workspace issues the first new System Tenant session. The sign-in view shows the complete agreement. Select the checkbox only if you are authorized to accept the agreement for the business or other commercial legal entity that uses Workspace for its own business processes.
Your System Tenant account needs system_licenses:apply. Without this permission, Workspace shows the agreement but provides no acceptance action. Sign in with an authorized system administrator account.
Acceptance applies installation-wide to the displayed agreement key, version, and digest. You accept the first EULA version 1.0 dated 10 August 2026 once. Ordinary tenants are never blocked by this flow. Headless clients and nucli cannot accept the EULA; use the browser.
Test features during the introductory phase
The current EULA version does not yet divide Workspace into technically restricted editions. The host status in the footer does not block features. You can continue to see and test the available product scope. Existing roles, permissions, security rules, feature switches, and technical prerequisites continue to apply unchanged.
A later edition model will be introduced together with a dedicated edition description, a new EULA version, and a documented upgrade path. Merely naming a future edition does not change the current feature scope.
The free license applies to Workspace versions that schukai expressly provides under EULA version 1.0. It creates no entitlement to later versions, modules, editions, hosting, or support. Conversely, a later designation does not reduce rights already validly granted for a Software version.
Enable the flow on an existing installation
Workspace does not silently rewrite an existing encrypted configuration. Set the locked global ConfigValue licensing.eula.acceptance_required = true to enable the flow deliberately. Existing sessions remain valid until their normal end.
Understand the commercial host status
“No commercial license” means only that Workspace found no active installation-wide workspace.host.license grant. The message does not block free internal use and does not determine the permitted purpose of use from CPU cores, memory, storage, or technical tenants. Technical capacity and security limits and limits under separate hosting, support, or module agreements remain independent.
Accepting the EULA does not grant a commercial license. The economic boundary depends on who offers Workspace and for what purpose:
| Situation | Free EULA |
|---|---|
| Your business operates Workspace on its own servers | permitted |
| Your business operates Workspace in its general-purpose cloud account | permitted |
| A systems integrator offers implementation, migration, configuration, training, or administration for your assigned installation | permitted |
| Customers, suppliers, or partners use portals for your business processes | permitted |
| A provider sells “Workspace Hosting” or a comparable managed service | not permitted |
| A provider operates Workspace as its own offering in separate instances or tenants for its customers | not permitted |
| A provider charges only for VMs, storage, backup, operations, or support, but Workspace forms part of its offering | not permitted |
| A provider publishes a Workspace image, one-click deployment, or marketplace offering | not permitted |
| A provider distributes Workspace as a reseller, OEM, or white-label solution | not permitted |
Shared infrastructure alone does not turn a general-purpose cloud or data center provider into a Workspace provider. The deciding factor is whether Workspace is a planned or material component of that provider's offering to third parties. Technical tenants, separate customer instances, separate EULA acceptance by each end customer, or fees described as hosting and support do not extend the free license.
A service provider may advertise and charge for these customer-specific services on standardized terms. They remain permitted if you are the Licensee, the installation is assigned exclusively to your business and Affiliates, you control the data, access credentials, and administrative rights, and you can change service providers. The service provider must not offer the right to use Workspace or ongoing Workspace access as its own product.
A Commercial Provider Operation requires a separate provider agreement with the Licensor. The free EULA contains no provider pricing and grants no right to conduct a provider operation.
Workspace Cloud displays neither the local EULA gate nor the host status. The platform agreement governs these matters there.
Setup is complete when an authorized system administrator has accepted the current EULA and the footer shows the host status determined for the installation. The footer status does not replace a legal assessment of the actual operating model.
Handle errors safely
If Workspace cannot determine the license state safely, it keeps the footer message hidden. A technical failure is never reported as a missing license. If the EULA check fails, Workspace issues no new System Tenant session. Retry and inspect database and configuration availability if the error persists.