Due to a problem in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Software version 17.1, you may see this errror when you compile NCO IP with a valid NCO IP license.
A patch is available to fix this problem for the Quartus Prime Standard Edition software version 17.1. Download and install Patch 0.07std from the appropriate link below
Download the Quartus Prime Standard Edition software version 17.1 Patch 0.07 for Windows (.exe)
Download the Quartus Prime Standard Edition software version 17.1 Patch 0.07 for Linux (.run)
Download the Readme for the Quartus Prime Standard Edition software version 17.1 Patch 0.07 (.txt)
This problem is fixed starting with the Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Software version 18.0.