Guidelines for License Management

This document, "Guidelines for License Management," is a training manual designed to educate users on Digital Equipment Corporation's (DEC) License Management Facility (LMF) and its role in software licensing. It covers various aspects of licensing, including:

• Overview of Licensing: Explains the concept of licensing, its architecture (DDSLA), enforcement, and different types of licenses.
• License Management Facility (LMF): Details the components of the LMF, such as the License Unit Rating Table (LURT), License Database (LDB), Product Authorization Key (PAK), and system services. It also discusses legal protection of software and DEC's experience with licensing, including past issues with VAXcluster environments.
• Software Business Technologies Program: Describes DEC's initiative to integrate software distribution, online documentation, and access management.
• Using the LMF: Guides users on how to implement LMF, including deciding on licensing policies, matching licensing styles, designing PAK documents, distributing PAKs, and defining product behaviors.
• Case Studies and Exercises: Includes case studies and exercises to help users understand and apply the concepts of LMF.

The manual emphasizes that LMF is a tool to support existing licensing policies, not to create them. It highlights the importance of defining clear business decisions related to licensing before implementing LMF. The document also provides a glossary of terms and an index for easy reference.