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The Open Test Player is equipped with a '''licensing system'''. The system provides an optimal compromise of safety and user comfort, it can be adapted to different requirements flexibly and it provides a high transparency for the customers. | The Open Test Player is equipped with a '''licensing system'''. The system provides an optimal compromise of safety and user comfort, it can be adapted to different requirements flexibly and it provides a high transparency for the customers. | ||
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Latest revision as of 05:35, 24 October 2018
ContentsOverviewThe Open Test Player is equipped with a licensing system. The system provides an optimal compromise of safety and user comfort, it can be adapted to different requirements flexibly and it provides a high transparency for the customers. In the following sections, the structure and use of the licensing system are described. Licensing - What for?Software is the intellectual property of the person or company that created them. Intellectual property is the copyright protected by law. For legal use of the software, a grant of right to use from the author is required. This is done in the license form. For any program that is used, a license is required. Therefore with a software license, you have the right to use a program under the conditions of the license agreement, see our general business terms and contract conditions for the assignment and maintenance of standard software. ConstructionThe licensing system is Web-based. This means licensing data is located on a Web server, the so-called licensing server. The OTP connects with the licensing server at the following points of times:
License relevant information is exchanged when querying, see transferred license information. The amount of information depends on the type of the purchased license. The OTP can only work with runtime environment, it does not support design environment. Runtime licenseThe runtime license is required for working with the runtime environment of the OTP. Without activated runtime license, the OTP shall not run!
A runtime license can be activated on a computer any number of times (for example, due to changing of the hard drive) or deactivated (for example, to transfer the license to another computer). If the license is used on more than one computer, a further runtime license is necessary, see terms and conditions for the transfer and maintenance of standard software. Within the runtime version, there are three distinct license types as follows:
ActivationA development license is generated by emotive and have to be activated at the target computer. Without a valid activation the OTP cannot be started. The user receives the license code inside the license portal. The license code consists of the license ID (left part) and the password (right part).
Activate the OTP by the following steps. It is assumed that the OTP is already installed at the target computer, see Installation.
DeactivationAn activated development license can be deactivated on the target computer. There may be the following reasons for a deactivation:
For the deactivation is license ID and password required. Deactive OTP with these data in the following steps:
Transferred license informationFor licensing, some data must be exchanged with the licensing server. Thereby, no relevant data of data privacy is transferred. Hereinafter all transmitted data are described below:
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