FLEXlm End Users Guide - Norsar

License File SyntaxB.1.6 PACKAGE LinesThe purpose of the PACKAGE line is to support two different licensing needs:• To license a product SUITE, or• To provide a more efficient way of distributing a license file that has alarge number of features, which largely share the same FEATURE linearguments.A PACKAGE line, by itself, does not license anything—it requires a matchingFEATURE/INCREMENT line to license the whole package. A PACKAGEline is shipped by your software vendor with a product, independent of anylicenses. Later, when you purchase a license for that package, one or morecorresponding FEATURE/INCREMENT lines enable the PACKAGE line.Example:PACKAGE package vendor [pkg_version] COMPONENTS=pkg_list \[OPTIONS=SUITE] [SUPERSEDE[="p1 p2 ..."] ISSUED=date]SIGN=pkg_signTable B-4 lists the PACKAGE line fields. They must appear in the order listed.Table B-4: PACKAGE Line FieldsFieldpackagevendorpkg_versionDescriptionName of the package. The correspondingFEATURE/INCREMENT line must have thesame name.Name of the vendor daemon that supports thispackage.Optional field specifying the package version. Ifspecified, the enabling FEATURE/INCREMENTline must have the same version.FLEXlm End User Guide — August 2004 125