Versatility in Motion - Your Perfect License.pdf

Which licensing models do you want to implement? The good news is that with CodeMeter License Central, you can implement all licensing models simultaneously. It’s like taking your kids safely to school and transporting your boat to the harbor at the same time.

CodeMeter offers you 21 licensing options, known as Product Item Options, which you can use to model licenses, including perpetual licenses, subscriptions, maintenance contracts, trial licenses, concurrent user licenses, named user licenses, pay-per-use licenses, and even pure contracts that technically aren't licenses at all in CodeMeter License Central.

These slides and the related masterclass are aimed at product managers and developers who want to model licensing schemes themselves and already have basic knowledge of CodeMeter, such as Firm Codes and Product Codes.

1. Versatility in Motion
Your Perfect License
Rüdiger Kügler
VP Professional Services
[email protected] Jörg Jans Professional Services [email protected]
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3. Agenda
Review of Part I – Basic Settings
Overview of the Product Item Options
Modeling typical licenses (Demo)
False friends and best practice tips
Preview of Part III – Feature- based Licenses
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4. Review of Part I – Basic Settings
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5. Review of Part I – Basic Settings
•Implementing a new Firm Code
•Configuring the available Firm Codes
•Global settings for license creation
•Global settings for support processes
•Setting up CmContainer types
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6. Overview of the
Product Item Options
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7. Description
•License Description
•Product name
•Name of the enabled functionality
•Does not offer any security
•Modification without CodeMeter License
Central possible
License Models
•All license models
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Product Item Text
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8. Description
•Count of the concurrent licenses:
•network and
•stand-alone (local)
•Available access modes:
•UserLimit
•StationShare
•NoUserLimit
License Models
•Concurrent Licenses, Floating Network
Licenses
•Countable license properties like axis,
nodes, …
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License Quantity
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9. Description
•License is valid until…
•License is checked against CodeMeter
System Time
•Offline use, no Internet connection
needed
•Can be set absolute or relative
•Rules for automatic renewal in
CodeMeter License Portal
License Models
•Time-based licenses
•Subscriptions
•Trials, Demos
•Time-contingent licenses
•Field engineer licenses
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Expiration Time
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10. Description
•Up to 32 different modules or versions
can be bit- encoded
•Feature Code is part of the encryption
process
•(Feature Code & Feature Map) ==
Feature Code
License Models
•Version- based licenses
•(Feature- based licensing)
•Flagging versions or editions
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Feature Map
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11. Description
•Expiration affects the right for updates,
not the usage of the license
•Old versions keep running after expiry of the
maintenance period
•New versions released within the
maintenance period run instantly
•Release Date is part of the encryption
process
•Start Maintenance Period ≤ Release
Date ≤ End Maintenance Period
License Models
•Version- based licenses
•Maintenance contracts
•Support contracts
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Maintenance Period
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12. Description
•Counter charged via CodeMeter License
Central
•Decrement at runtime
•Counter recharged via CodeMeter
License Central
•Encryption- based tamper-proof
•Tamper-proof feedback channel via
Context File
License Models
•Pay-Per-Use licenses
•Pre-paid
•Post-paid
•Elapsed operation time
•Overflow/standby licenses
•(Emergency licenses)
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Unit Counter
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13. Description
•Binding to a user
•username
•username & domain
•user defined text (defined by vendor)
•Automatic check during access
•Stored as hash or plain
•Rules in CodeMeter License Portal for
changing the users
License Models
•Named User License
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Named User Licenses
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14. Product Item Options
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ActivationTime (Extended) ProtectedData
ExpirationTime
Feature Map
Hidden Data
LicenseQuantity
Maintenance Period
Secret Data
Text
Unit Counter
UsagePeriod
NamedUser License
LingerTime
Customer OwnLicense
Information
Module Items LicenseTransfer
User Data
Universal Data
Access Password
Minimum RuntimeVersion
Maximum Encryption Rate

15. Modeling typical licenses (Demo)
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16. False friends and best practice tips
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17. Description
•License is valid for ... days from first use
•First call of an encryption / decryption
operation
•Time stamp of first use is stored in
CmContainer
•Expiration is checked against CodeMeter
System Time
•No friend of CodeMeter License Central
•No return of started Usage Period
License Models
•Emergency Licenses
•Pre-delivered demo/trial licenses
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Usage Period
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18. False Friends and Best Practice Tips
•Usage Period
 Use relative Expiration Time
•Activation Time
•Checked against Certified Time
•Internet connection needed
 Use in online projects only
•Constraints
•Complex rule
•Verification in the sequence of generation
 Implement custom constraints
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•Activation Count > 1
 Implement process and rules for reactivation
•Update and UpdateAdd items
 Use Replace, if possible
•Multiple license entries per item
 see part III
•Feature Map
•Limited usage for feature- based licenses
 see part III

19. Preview of Part III – Feature- based
Licenses
Cliffhanger …
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20. Within single Product Item
•Same root key for all features
•Difficult to realize Expiration Time or
License Quantity per option
•Usage of Feature Map
•Limited to 32 features
•Usage of proprietary data options
•No out-of-the-box support in
CodeMeter License Central
With separate Product Items
•Better security thanks to different root key for each feature
•Each option can be set individually
•Each option needs to be set individually
•No correlation between Product Items for
usage or license transfer
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Two Approaches for Feature-Based Licenses
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