CrasyCat,
What I think pit is commenting on is that
1)
During install, the installer presents a message about the "Evaluation" license expiring in 30 days, and
2)
the IDE presents a nag screen every time it is started.
6.0/6.1 never did this, and the license file for Special Edition was just that. I never got a nag screen. I just installed and happily started coding. However, it seems Freescale took a different approach with 6.2. I downloaded the so-called Special Edition of 6.2 - twice (the first time, I thought I got the Eval instead, due to the install message and nag screen). It seems that 6.2 is the Eval version and Special Edition all in one download. On the download page, the reported file sizes are exactly the same, for what that's worth. What was not clearly pointed out during the install (despite being plain as day in the Quick-start PDF and the actual license file) is that your Eval license will revert to Special Edition after the expiration of the evaluation period.
pit,
Check the license file, and look at the C compiler/linker stuff, for instance. Search for the string “HC08 Compiler ANSI-C”. We know that the 8-bit chips are limited to 32K of C in the Special Edition. In the license file, you will see two entries containing the above string. One has a pair of dates associated with it (date of install and a date of feature expiry). See that the date-stamped lines indicate no limit on the C code. The other entry has no date stamp, but DOES impose a limit on the mount of C code (32768 bytes). That is indicative of the license being Special Edition.
So in short, you have the Special edition license already. It and the Eval license are the same. I just seems that you just get to enjoy some extra features not present in the Special Edition for a month. There is no need to do anything with the license file.
K
