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Chapter 7: License ModelsCounted vs. Uncounted LicensesCounted vs. Uncounted LicensesThe license model (as defined in the license file on the end user machine) determines whether a license server isneeded. If all feature definition lines have a license count set to either zero (0) or uncounted, then the customerdoes not need a license server. This type of license is called uncounted. Alternatively, if any features have a nonzerolicense count, then the customer needs a license server to count those licenses. If a software publisher wantsto use FlexNet Publisher without a license server, they must issue uncounted licenses.The license server can serve uncounted licenses also. This is often done so that:• Transactions can be logged into the report log for all license requests, which can then be reported on byFlexNet Manager• Options file constraints can be applied to the licensesTo have uncounted licenses served, include a SERVER line in the license file, and put the USE_SERVER lineimmediately after the SERVER line. The vendor daemon serves the uncounted licenses, and the USE_SERVER lineindicates to applications that requests must go to the license server for authorization.Mobile LicensingEnd users often want to use applications on computers that do not have a continuous connection to a licenseserver. These situations include:• Working on a laptop• Using a computer both at work and at home• Working from several different computers not connected to a license serverFlexNet Publisher supports licenses that allow one of several kinds of mobile licensing:• Node-locked to a laptop• Node-locked to a FlexNet ID dongle• Node-locked to a FlexNet ID dongle with FLOAT_OK keyword• License borrowing with BORROW keyword• Node-locked to a user name• Fulfilled from a prepaid license pool• Optionally when provided by the publisher, Distribution of Node-Locked Licenses to Networked Machinesusing trusted storage can be used.You should use license rehosting if an enterprise wants to move a license without using one of these methods. Thesoftware publisher must generate a new node-locked license file for each new client computer. Rehosting requiresadministrative overhead because the software publisher must be involved with each move.License Administration Guide FNP-11111-LAG01 59