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Floating Licences

Presentation

This system called ‘Floating licences’ offers a certain number of licences shared by a larger amount of users.

When an authorized user wants to run the software, he requests the licence from a central licence server. If a licence is available, the server allows GO2cam to run. When the user stops using the software, he gives back the licence.


Here, 2 licences red and blue can be used on 4 different computers.
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Terminology for computers:

  • Licence Server: centralized computer software system which provides access licences to client computers in order to enable GO2cam to run on them. We will call him ‘Server’ in the next pages.

  • Client computers: PCs that get licence from the server. This is where is installed and used GO2cam. We will call them ‘Clients’.

Terminology for files:

  • Licence file: this *.LIC file defines GO2cam’s configuration (modules and options). It is located in the Server. We will call him ‘Licence file’.

  • Server Config file: this file, present in the clients computers, informs about the IP address of the server to allow communication. It can be *.LAN or *.WAN file but we will simply call him ‘LAN file'.


Types of System

Two systems are possible:

  • Floating licences on a local network: the server distributes the licences over a local network, such as a VPN. The files for the connection between clients and server is a *.lan file (LAN stands for Local Area Network).

  • Floating licences on the internet: the server distributes the licences over the internet. The file is a *.wan file (WAN stands for Wide Area Network).

Process for Floating licences

Follow carefully the steps to install the server, configure the communication ports and define the files: