User guide

Appendix I - FLEXnet Licensing Versions
Version Summary
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Version Summary
v1.0—1988
First FLEXlm Release, containing all the basic FLEXlm features
v1.5—February 1990
First widely used version including DEMO
v2.1—March 1991
• Improved TIMEOUT support
• Improved ethernet hostid support
v2.21—November 1991
• Added support for many platforms and some platform-specific improvements, such as
hostid
• Hostid ANY added
v2.26—March 1992 (Used only by Sun)
• Added license lingering
v2.4—December 1992
• Added “use-all-feature-lines” capability for incremental license distribution
• Enhanced vendor customization routines
• Enhanced end-user options file
• Added new hostid types: USER, HOSTNAME, and DISPLAY
•Added
port@host to locate license file —downloads license file from server
v2.61—March 1993 (Used only by Sun)
• Added INCREMENT and UPGRADE lines to license file
v3.0—May 1994
• INCREMENT and UPGRADE behavior changed and improved
• Added UDP protocol support
•Added
uname -i hostid for HP
>= Version 5 SUPERSEDE, ISSUED, USER_BASED, HOST_BASED, or SN
appear.
>= Version 6 START appears.
>= Version 7.1 SIGN= keyword appears.
>= Version 8 BORROW, FLOAT_OK, and TS_OK appear.