I can confirm that it has been announced that the next release, "2020.1" (based on the current beta), will be included in the V14 license. It's likely that its successor, whatever it may be called, e.g. "2020.2" or "2021", will need a new Year/Month or an upgrade to an existing Outright license.

That's untrue, and will mislead users reading that. It isn't the case now, and it never has been since the subscription scheme was introduced.