Others, who bought it before or obtained a used printer, had to buy one. Users who have bought the printer after November 2018 were able to get a free license key. The original download locations for the free software vanished. 1 Later on Wanhao seems to have bought the software company behind Creation Workshop and have developed new version, Wanhao D7 Workshop.
The Resin 3D DLP printer Wanhao Duplicator 7 originally has been offered with the free slicing software Creation Workshop available for download.