Cosmic Software FLEXlm Licensing Options

Cosmic Software uses the industry standard FLEXlm license manager software from Flexera to provide a flexible licensing scheme. Using FLEXlm, we offer three types of product licenses.

Single CPU and Single User (FIXED)
This type of license allows Cosmic software to be installed on one computer and used only by a single user physically using the licensed computer. Executing the compiler across a network is not allowed. This type of license is read directly by the compiler so no license manager software or services are needed.

Node Locked dongle License (NLD) - This refers to a license that uses a serialized parallel port or USB dongle for authentication. This solution allows you to move licenses from one computer to another by simply moving the hardware key (dongle).

Concurrent Use or Floating Licenses
This type of license allows Cosmic Software to be installed on any number of computers or network servers, but limits concurrent usage to the number of licenses purchased. This allows the greatest flexibility for part time users or where user's need access to the software on more than one computer on the same network. e.g. The user's office computer and a computer lab or test lab. This type of license is counted and requires the installation of the FLEXlm license manager software, which is available on Windows 2000/XP, PC-Linux (Redhat v6 or Caldera Linux v2.3+), SUN Solaris and HP-UX. All floating licenses are checked out for a minimum of 10 minutes and same license reuse is set to same user on same workstation. Please note the network load is usually very small because the actual Cosmic Software tools typically run on the client and not on the server.

Click on the license title above or link below for more information on each type of license or see the FLEXnet End User's Guide.