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You should use the lictool command to obtain a
license for the current cacd installation tree. Basically,
there are two modes of running lictool.
First, when you use the -r option, you request a
license file from the server. You should therefore be
connected to the internet at that moment. Just after you
have invoked the command, you are asked to enter some
information, like your name, company and e-mail address.
After the request is completed, the license server will send
you an e-mail containing further instructions. In some cases
(depending on your privileges), lictool will
automatically install the new license file for you, and no
e-mail will be sent in that case.
The second mode of lictool is used when installing
a license file that was requested using the -r
option. Usually, the e-mail that you received explains how
to invoke the command in this case. The invocation looks
something like
lictool -f license.txt
The command will, in this case simply install the license
file in your cacd installation tree, at the proper location.
Of course, you should have write permission in that tree, so
you should probably only invoke lictool when you have
the same user id as when you first installed the tree.
Note that a bookkeeping is maintained at the license
server based on e-mail addresses and cpu-ids. If you request
a license file for the first time (i.e., when the license
server does not know your e-mail address yet), then you are
automatically granted permission to use the software for a 3
month period. After that period, you should fill in a form
(found on the web-site), and send it to us. We will then
notify the license server of your e-mail address and cpu-id
(multiple cpu-ids are also allowed). The lictool
command is then able to fetch new license files until the
expiration date (and you need to fill in the form again, but
usually this is necessary only after 1 year or more). Thus,
each time you invoke lictool with the -r
option, you should use the same e-mail address.
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