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docs: clarify trial license FAQ 

Also use consistent language throughout to refer to the non-production license
(just "trial" license, not both "trial" and "evaluation").
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## Q: Do these changes impact all customers/licenses?
The license changes introduced in 1.10.0 only affect Consul Enterprise.
This impacts customers that have an enterprise binary (evaluation or non-evaluation licenses) downloaded from https://releases.hashicorp.com.
This impacts customers that have an enterprise binary (trial or non-trial licenses) downloaded from https://releases.hashicorp.com.
The license changes do not impact customers with the baked-in licensed binaries. In a later release of Consul Enterprise, baked-in binaries will be deprecated.
## Q: What is the product behavior change introduced by the licensing changes?
@ -54,11 +54,12 @@ The license changes do not impact customers with the baked-in licensed binaries.
Starting with Consul Enterprise 1.10.0, a valid license is required on-disk (auto-loading) or as an environment variable for Consul Enterprise to successfully boot-up.
The in-storage license feature will not be supported starting with Consul Enterprise 1.10.0+ent. All Consul Enterprise clusters using 1.10.0+ent must ensure that there is a valid license on-disk (auto-loaded) or as an environment variable.
## Q: What is the impact on evaluation licenses due to this change?
## Q: What is the impact on trial licenses due to this change? ((#q-what-is-the-impact-on-evaluation-licenses-due-to-this-change))
The 6-hour trial period for evaluation licenses will be deprecated as of Consul Enterprise 1.10.0.
This means that any clusters deployed with Consul 1.10.0+ent binaries will need to have a valid license on the disk (auto-loaded) or as an environment variable.
Failure to provide a valid license key will result in the Consul server agent not starting.
Consul Enterprise 1.10.0+ server agents require a valid license to start.
The license can be provided on disk (auto-loaded) or as an environment variable.
There is no longer a 6-hour trial period in which Consul Enterprise server agents
can operate without a license.
## Q: Is there a grace period when licenses expire?
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Visit [consul.io/trial](/trial) for a free 30-day trial license.
~> **Trial install will cease operation 24 hours after 30-day license expiration**:
Trial licenses are not meant to be used in production.
This is unlike non-trial licenses which provide a 10 year grace period as described in
the answer for [Q: Is there a grace period when licenses expire?](#q-is-there-a-grace-period-when-licenses-expire).
## Q: How can I renew a license?
Contact your organization's HashiCorp account team or email support-softwaredelivery@hashicorp.com
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## Q: Does this need to happen every time a node restarts, or is this a one-time check?
Consul Enterprise binaries starting with 1.10.0+ent, will be subject to EULA check. Release 1.10.0+ent introduces the EULA check for evaluation licenses (non-evaluation licenses already go through EULA check during contractual agreement).
Consul Enterprise binaries starting with 1.10.0+ent, will be subject to EULA check. Release 1.10.0+ent introduces the EULA check for trial licenses (non-trial licenses already go through EULA check during contractual agreement).
The agreement to a EULA happens only once (when the user gets their license), Consul Enterprise **will check for the presence of a valid license every time a node restarts**.