This is true that only when you go to a new major release from 10.x to 11.x or 11.x to 12.x, then a new license is required.
This is true for all the UC applications, as far as I know. I used to test upgrades at Cisco. Licensing keeps getting redesigned. Now that they are moving to a cloud licensing, maybe it will be easier.
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