No, that’s not right. The license on the op elicenser is as high as his choices go. If his dongle shows a license for cb10, that’s the highest ver number. He can use 10,9,8,7.6.5.4.3 etc….but not,say 10.5 or 11 since those were paid upgrades at the time.
My elicenser says ver11, which was the final upgrade I bought for it back when 11 was released. After that, I bought 12 to 13 to 14 under the new system.
Buying ver 14 only gives one access to Cb 14,13,12….and of course via steinberg licensing. Cb 14,13,12 don’t even look for a dongle.