USB LicenseKey Manager is the tool for
licensing the protected application that you can make unlimited USB License
Keys (dongles). However, there are several scenarios in which you may want to authorize
a third party to make the USB License Key on your behalf, for a limited number
only. The third party could be, for example, a distributor who helps to market
and sell your software, a manufacturer who produces and packages your software
product, or a person whom you authorize to make the USB License Key.
To license your application via a third party, USB LicenseKey
Manager allows you to create a distributor tool called USB LicenseKey
Maker. While this tool is to be provided to a third party, you can have full
control over it. The USB LicenseKey Maker tool must
connect to the Activation Server via the Internet, and get authorized before
each use. You can create a distributor account in the Activation Server and set
the limit on the number of USB License Keys allowed to be made.
You can create the USB LicenseKey Maker tool
from USB LicenseKey Manager. From the File
menu, click Create Distributor Tool. The Create USB LicenseKey Maker dialog box will appear, allowing you
to specify the settings. Before delivering the USB LicenseKey
Maker tool to a third party, you must deploy the Activation Server for
authentication and authorization. You can choose to deploy the USB LicenseKey Maker tool in one of the following two modes.
·
Local Master License. The
USB LicenseKey Maker tool is embedded with the master
license used to make the USB License Key. Therefore, in this mode, the tool has
a fixed and static master license. Please see the instructions in the tutorial Distributor
Licensing – Local Master License.
·
Remote Master License.
The USB LicenseKey Maker tool does not contain the
master license used to make the USB License Key. It must connect to the
Activation Server to obtain the master license from the distributor account.
Therefore, this mode is more flexible since you can update the master license
in the Activation Server. Please see the instructions in the tutorial Distributor
Licensing – Remote Master License.
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