"Checking Out" Licenses

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The term “Checking Out” a license is frequently used when a variety of users want to share a set number of simultaneous usages of their software license.

 

ENERCALC uses an Internet Activation system which allows the user to install the software on any computer they wish. By “Internet Activating” and “Deactivating” they can move the permission to use the program between computers.

 

ENERCALC offers two methods for users to activate and use their software.

 

"Checking Out" seats when using Internet Activation system

 

The Internet Activation system allows users to share one or more licenses by drawing from a "pool" of available seats their company has purchased.

 

This method of activation offers three important advantages.

 

1)Internet Activated Individual Licenses do not require the installation and maintenance of the Network License Manager.
 
2)The Internet Activation system allows users to activate the software on a computer and it will stay activated without the need for subsequent Internet access
 
3)The Internet Activation system works across the Internet, rather than being limited to a local area network. This means that it can be used to share licenses with computers that are located in the office AS WELL AS with computers that are in employees' homes, etc.

 

 

"Checking Out" seats when using the Network License Manager

 

Users with network licenses use the ENERCALC Network License Manager for the flexibility of having all engineers on their network share from a pool of seats from their ENERCALC software license.

 

If a company has 10 engineers but only 3 licenses, those engineers can use up to 3 simultaneous sessions of the software. This allows for economical license purchasing, especially when the degree of usage varies widely or is not easily predictable.

 

However, in such situations, a Network License does not permit engineers to "Check Out" a license for an amount of time, by moving the activation from the network license "pool" to their own computer.

 

If it becomes necessary to "check out" licenses, there are two potential ways to accomplish this:

 

1)The Network License can easily be converted to an equal number of Internet Activated Individual Licenses, which can be shared among many users in the same way that the Network License behaves, but with three important advantages:
 
a) Converting to Internet Activated Individual Licenses allows the elimination of the Network License Manager.
 
b) Internet Activated Individual Licenses do support the "check out" feature.
 

c) As its name suggests, the Internet Activation system works across the Internet, rather than being limited to a local area network. This means that it can be used to share licenses with computers that are located in the office AS WELL AS with computers that are in employees' home, etc.

 

2)An additional license could be added in the form of a single Internet Activated Individual License installation. This license would then be installed on all non-network computers where the software might be used. This license could "float" between the non-networked computers by using the "Internet Activation" feature in the software to Activate & Deactivate the desired computer. In this way, the "floating" license could also be "checked out" to a laptop or other computer for a period of time.