FLEXnet Licensing Versions

In general, always use the latest lmgrd and lmutil/LMTOOLS, which are available from www.macrovision.com, and you'll automatically enjoy many of the enhancements available in the most recent versions of FLEXnet Licensing. However, some enhancements require a vendor daemon built with a newer version of FLEXnet Licensing, and yet others require a FLEXenabled application built with a newer version of FLEXnet Licensing. Contact your software vendor for the most current version of their vendor daemon.

Version of the client library linked to the FLEXenabled application, which must be >=

Except for the license file, use lmver to discover the version of all these FLEXnet Licensing components. For the vendor daemon, lmgrd, and lmutil, you can also use the -v argument to print the version.

How to Tell the License File Version

The following rules apply to individual FEATURE, INCREMENT or UPGRADE lines. It's possible to have a mix of versions in a single file. Only the features that a particular application checks out determine the version of the license for that feature.

Version Summary

v1.0-1988

v1.5-February 1990

v2.1-March 1991

Version 2	Blank quotes or a quoted string at the end of the FEATURE line.
>= Version 3	INCREMENT or UPGRADE line.
>= Version 4	OVERDRAFT, DUP_GROUP, INTERNET, or PACKAGE appear.
>= Version 5	SUPERSEDE, ISSUED, USER_BASED, HOST_BASED, or SN appear.
>= Version 6	START appears.
>= Version 7.1	SIGN= keyword appears.
>= Version 8	BORROW, FLOAT_OK, and TS_OK appear.

Improved TIMEOUT support

Improved ethernet hostid support

v2.21-November 1991

Added support for many platforms and some platform-specific improvements, such as hostid

Hostid ANY added

v2.26-March 1992 (Used only by Sun)

Added license lingering

v2.4-December 1992

Added "use-all-feature-lines" capability for incremental license distribution

Enhanced vendor customization routines

Enhanced end-user options file

Added new hostid types: USER, HOSTNAME, and DISPLAY

Added port@host to locate license file -downloads license file from server

v2.61-March 1993 (Used only by Sun)

Added INCREMENT and UPGRADE lines to license file

v3.0-May 1994

INCREMENT and UPGRADE behavior changed and improved

Added UDP protocol support

Added uname -i hostid for HP

Added multiple jobs for enhanced support of LM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable as a license-file list

New, optional license file format with keyword=value syntax for optional new features, including: asset_info, ISSUER, and NOTICE, " \ " license file continuation character, 2048 character limit per feature

v4.0-December 1994

Removed use of floating point, for enhanced reliability

FEATURE line additions: ck, OVERDRAFT, DUP_GROUP, INTERNET hostid

PACKAGE line

License Finder

lmdiag and FLEXLM_DIAGNOSTICS for end-user diagnostics

v4.1-May 1995

Performance improvements and new platform support

v4.1-Patch Release 6, October 1995

Windows patch release for Windows 95 with various performance improvements

v5.0-March 1996

Improved port@host behavior-FLEXenabled application doesn't read license file

Automatic port@host via USE_SERVER line in license file

Hostid lists-lock a feature to several hostids

New FEATURE attributes: SN (serial number), USER_BASED, HOST_BASED, MINIMUM, SUPERSEDE, ISSUED (issued date), CAPACITY (charging based on system capacity)

Optional avoidance of NIS and DNS via IP address instead of host name

Improved report log file format

Server, upon startup, notifies of licenses that expire within two weeks

Improved end-user options file functionality

v5.11-February 1997

SUPERSEDE lists, PLATFORMS= license attribute,

new end-user options: MAX, TIMEOUTALL

Windows control panel added

Windows license generator GENLIC added

v5.12-April 1997

Performance improvements and new platform support

v6.0-September 1997

lmgrd can read multiple license files

FLEXlm license directory support: *.lic automatically used

License files require no editing for use at the end-user site

Optional path on DAEMON/VENDOR line; $PATH environment variable used

Decimal license format, with lminstall utility for typing in licenses

FEATURE lines are shorter, easier to understand and type in

PACKAGE lines can be shipped in separate files that never require user editing

Default TCP/IP port numbers make SERVER line port number optional

Default end-user options file path

this_host host name supported on SERVER line

VENDOR_LICENSE_FILE supported (e.g., GSI_LICENSE_FILE)

@host supported where default port numbers are used

Windows only: user prompted for license file or license server name

License files are optionally case insensitive

lmdown and lmreread accept -vendor vendor argument

START=dd-mmm-yyyy optional license attribute

v6.1-June 1998

Performance improvements

v7.0-August 1999

License Certificate Manager support for automatic license fulfillment

Support for "try-before-you-buy" licensing

License file handles inserted newlines from emailers

License lines automatically optimally sorted

Improved LMTOOLS interface for Windows

lmgrd, when run at command line on Windows, runs in background by default

Improved three-server redundancy reliability (v7.0 vendor daemon and lmgrd)

lmreread and lmdown take -all argument to shut down or reread all lmgrds

Support registry (Windows) and $HOME/.flexlmrc (UNIX) for FLEXlm environment variables

Automatically install license path in registry or $HOME/.flexlmrc after successful checkout

Options support for LM_PROJECT with PROJECT

Performance improvements, especially for Windows NT

Intel Pentium III CPU-ID (v7.0d+, November 1999)

v7.1-August 2000

Security enhancements

SIGN= keyword in license

lmnewlog utility (v7.1+ vendor daemon)

v7.2-December 2000

Performance enhancements

v8.0-October 2001

lmborrow (v8.0+ components), lmpath (v8.0+ vendor daemon), lmswitch (v8.0+ vendor daemon) utilities

lmreread rereads end-user options file and SERVER host name

License borrowing with BORROW keyword

v8.1-January 2002

CRO Security enhancements

v8.2-August 2002

Support added for Windows XP compliancy

v8.3-October 2002

Support added for returning borrowed licenses early

v8.4-January 2003

Support for reserved package suites

v9.0-March 2003

Support for COMPOSITE= hostid type

v9.2-July 2003

Options file keywords added: GROUPCASEINSENSITIVE and MAX_BORROW_HOURS

v9.5-November 2004

New environment variable: LM_UTIL_CASE_SENSITIVE

v10.0-April 2004

Released as FLEXnet Licensing

Support for fully qualified domain names

v10.1-November 2004

Additional FLEXid driver support for USB dongles

v10.8-April 2005

IPv6 address support for hostids

Enhanced three-server redundant configuration support

Support for common vendor daemons

Third Party License Agreements

Part of the software shipped with the FLEXnet Licensing toolkit to enable the FLEXnet Fulfillment API is protected by the following third party copyrights:

The Apache Software Foundation

The Open SSL Project

Eric Young

Genivia Inc.

The Apache Software Foundation

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

The end-user documentation included with the redistribution, if any, must include the following acknowledgment: "This product includes software developed by the Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/)." Alternately, this acknowledgment may appear in the software itself, if and wherever such third-party acknowledgments normally appear.

The names "Apache" and "Apache Software Foundation" must not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without prior written permission. For written permission, please contact apache@apache.org.

Products derived from this software may not be called "Apache", nor may "Apache" appear in their name, without prior written permission of the Apache Software Foundation.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE APACHE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION OR ITS CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many individuals on behalf of the Apache Software Foundation. For more information on the Apache Software Foundation, please see http://www.apache.org/. Portions of this software are based upon public domain software originally written at the National Center for Supercomputer Applications, University of Illinois, Urban-Champaign.

The Open SSL Project

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must display the following acknowledgment: "This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit. (http://www.openssl.org/)"

The names "OpenSSL Toolkit" and "OpenSSL Project" must not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without prior written permission. For written permission, please contact openssl-core@openssl.org.

Products derived from this software may not be called "OpenSSL" nor may "OpenSSL" appear in their names without prior written permission of the OpenSSL Project.

Redistributions of any form whatsoever must retain the following acknowledgment: "This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/)"

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE OPENSSL PROJECT "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE OPENSSL PROJECT OR ITS CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com). This product includes software written by Tim Hudson (tjh@cryptsoft.com).

Eric Young

This package is an SSL implementation written by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com). The implementation was written so as to conform with Netscape's SSL. This library is free for commercial and non-commercial use as long as the following conditions are adhered to. The following conditions apply to all code found in this distribution, be it the RC4, RSA, leash, DES, etc., code; not just the SSL code. The SSL documentation included with this distribution is covered by the same copyright terms except that the holder is Tim Hudson (tjh@cryptsoft.com). Copyright remains Eric Young's, and as such any Copyright notices in the code are not to be removed. If this package is used in a product, Eric Young should be given attribution as the author of the parts of the library used. This can be in the form of a textual message at program startup or in documentation (online or textual) provided with the package. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

Redistributions of source code must retain the copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must display the following acknowledgement: "This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com)" The word "cryptographic" can be left out if the routines from the library being used are not cryptographic related :-).

If you include any Windows specific code (or a derivative thereof) from the apps directory (application code) you must include an acknowledgement: "This product includes software written by Tim Hudson (tjh@cryptsoft.com)"

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY ERIC YOUNG "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

The licence and distribution terms for any publicly available version or derivative of this code cannot be changed. i.e. this code cannot simply be copied and put under another distribution licence [including the GNU Public Licence.]

Genivia Inc.

THE SOFTWARE IN THIS PRODUCT WAS IN PART PROVIDED BY GENIVIA INC. AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.