You can install Studio and Server, start them, and then get underway. The licensing will sustain you for a while:
Studio Licensing - Corticon embeds a ninety-day evaluation license that enables development of business rules projects, as well as testing of the projects in an embedded test server. You must obtain Studio development licenses from your Progress representative.
Server Licensing - Corticon embeds a limited evaluation license that enables testing of rule modeling projects on supported platform configurations. You must obtain server deployment licenses from your Progress representative. The license included in the default Corticon Server installation has pre-set limits on certain Corticon Server and Decision Service parameters. These limits are:
Number of Decision Services – Up to 20 Decision Services may be deployed at any given time. This means the sum total of all Decision Services loaded via .cdd files, Web Console, or APIs cannot exceed 20.
Number of Rules – All rules in all deployed Ruleflows (that is, all deployed Decision Services) must not exceed 500. A rule generally consists of a single Condition/Action Column or a single Action row in Column 0. Filter expressions do not count because they only modify other rules.
Note: The Corticon Server log can capture errors and exceptions caused by expired or under-strength licenses. These log messages are detailed in the Using Corticon Server logs .
If you are Progress Corticon customer, you should have access to an unlimited license that will lift these restrictions. If you are an evaluator, and discover that these limitations are preventing or inhibiting your evaluation, contact your Progress Software representative to get a license with expanded capabilities.
Studio Licensing - Corticon embeds a ninety-day evaluation license that enables development of business rules projects, as well as testing of the projects in an embedded test server. You must obtain Studio development licenses from your Progress representative.