Software license server
A software license server is a centralized
licensed software
to run on them.
In 1989, Sassafras Software Inc developed their
firms have adopted the phrase "key server" to be used interchangeably with "software license server."[2][3]
It is the job of a software license server to determine and control the number of copies of a program permitted to be used based on the
host computer
to provide licensing services to an enterprise computing environment.
Publisher-specific license servers are commonly provided by
third party providers, to manage software licensing for a specific software publisher's products. Publisher-specific license servers are more commonly used for industry specialized software products than for common software products due to the high value of the managed software products.[4]
The server component of a client–server application may also contain an internal license server.[5][6]
References
- ^ "Company History". Sassafras Software Inc. Retrieved 2008-03-22.
- ^ "Information Technology Funds: Software Licensing for Students". University of California, Santa Cruz. Archived from the original on November 13, 2005. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
- ^ "Error Message - Could not Connect to Key Server 403 Forbidden (MM1)". Big Bang Software Pty Ltd. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 2008-03-22.
- ^ "Using KeyServer on OS X". MacVector, Inc. Retrieved 2008-03-22.
- ^ "IBM server options - Lotus Notes and Domino". IBM. Retrieved 2008-03-22.
- ^ "See Client-Server Licensing and Web Server Licensing". OpenLink Software. Retrieved 2008-03-22.