IBM Passport Licensing

IBM^® Passport Advantage^® includes software from IBM's DB2^®, WebSphere^®, Lotus^®, Tivoli^® and Rational software brands. Passport Advantage options are now available under a single perpetual agreement that doesn't expire or have to be periodically renewed.

If you continue to make purchases under the program, you may qualify for price levels for each transaction (called Transaction Suggested Volume Price Levels or TSVP) that are better than your established Relationship Suggested Volume Price (RSVP) Level — the larger the transactions, the better the TSVP. Automatic annual recalculation of your RSVP based on previous 12-month purchase history is possible.

RSVP Level 

If you're a new customer, your initial purchase determines the RSVP Level. The date of that initial purchase, rounded up to the first day of the following month in most cases, determines your anniversary. The anniversary is used to determine the software maintenance renewal date, as well as the annual date on which your RSVP will be reviewed.

At each anniversary, your purchases for the previous 12 months are automatically reviewed and the new RSVP Level is established according to how many Passport Advantage points were acquired during that period. These points are then referred to as the carryover points and are used to help determine if you are eligible for an improvement in your RSVP Level.