Aether engine · access key

Get your access key

The Aether engine runs only with a valid access key. Here you get one for free for non-commercial use. It is valid for three months. Accept the EULA, confirm that you are human, and your key appears below.

Early days. The Waveshed plugin is new. We have tested it a lot, but you may still hit rough edges. Any feedback is welcome: tell us what works and what does not.

Key points of the EULA

  • - Non-commercial use only: private/personal, hobby, and education or research by individuals.
  • - Commercial, governmental and organisational use (companies, public bodies, NGOs, associations and any other organisation) requires our prior written permission. Ask at info@waveshed.io.
  • - Results are outputs of a propagation model: approximations, not measurements, and no guarantee of accuracy.
  • - Do not rely on results for safety-of-life, regulatory, planning or financial decisions without independent verification.
  • - No warranty: the engine is pre-release software provided "as is".
  • - No liability: to the maximum extent permitted by law, we accept no liability for anything arising from use of the engine or its results.
  • - A valid access key is required and must be kept confidential. No redistribution and no reverse engineering (except where mandatory law allows it).

This summary is not exhaustive. The full EULA governs.

Leave this empty for a key that works on any of your computers. To lock the key to one computer, run aether_core --fingerprint on that computer and paste the 64-character result here.

Install the key

Command line (aether_core)

Save the key in a file named license.key next to aether_core (the same folder as the binary), or set the environment variable AETHER_LICENSE to the key.

QGIS plugin

In the Waveshed plugin settings, paste the key into API key: in the API Key group and click Save. The plugin stores the key in your QGIS settings and passes it to the engine for you.

When the key expires, come back here for a new one.

Commercial, governmental or organisational use needs our prior written permission. Contact us to request it.

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