The LM-X License Manager is a license management tool that protects software products against piracy. It is used by
Independent Software Vendors
An independent software vendor (ISV), also known as a software publisher, is an organization specializing in making and selling software, as opposed to computer hardware, designed for mass or niche markets. This is in contrast to in-house softwa ...
(ISV) to implement some of the Software Asset Management practices.
related to monitoring of the usage of existing applications and adding new licenses wherever requested by end-. ISV can control their license policies externally from applications, and enforce various levels of security.
LM-X software license manager can be run on a number of platforms including Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.
Features
* System Clock Check
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Automatic Server Discovery
Automatic server discovery is a software licensing feature that allows client applications to find license servers automatically on the network, thus eliminating the need for end users to manually configure server information and allowing system ...
* Manual and automatic
heartbeats
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License Borrowing
License borrowing is a feature that allows a user to run software on a computer that is not continuously connected to the license server on the network.
When making a borrow request, the user is either connected to the server over the network, or ...
and Grace Licensing
* Pay Per Use
* License Replacement
* Web-based License Management
See also
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Copy protection
Copy protection, also known as content protection, copy prevention and copy restriction, describes measures to enforce copyright by preventing the reproduction of software, films, music, and other media.
Copy protection is most commonly found on ...
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Digital rights management
Digital rights management (DRM) is the management of legal access to digital content. Various tools or technological protection measures (TPM) such as access control technologies can restrict the use of proprietary hardware and copyrighted work ...
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Floating licensing
Floating licensing, also known as concurrent licensing or network licensing, is a software licensing approach in which a limited number of licenses for a software application are shared among a larger number of users over time. When an authorize ...
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License borrowing
License borrowing is a feature that allows a user to run software on a computer that is not continuously connected to the license server on the network.
When making a borrow request, the user is either connected to the server over the network, or ...
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List of license managers
A software license manager is a software management tool used by Independent software vendors or by end-user organizations to control where and how software products are able to run. License managers protect software vendors from losses due to ...
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Product activation
Product activation is a license validation procedure required by some proprietary software programs. Product activation prevents unlimited free use of copied or replicated software. Unactivated software refuses to fully function until it ''determin ...
References
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External links
Official web page
Security software