
.. _section_license_mgmt:

License Management
==================

There's a distinction between a **license file** (or string) and a
**license**. When you buy an RTI product, such as *RTI Connext
Professional*, you are **licensed** to use it.

Within a package, some components may have to be activated using a
license file or string, while others may not. For example, when you
install the *Security Plugins* package, the *Security Plugins* libraries
(which you are licensed to use) do not require a license file or string.

Some components that do not require a license file in certain packages
may require a license file in other packages. For example, the *Security
Plugins* libraries require a license file in the free ("lm")
packages. If a component in your *Connext* distribution
requires a license file, you will receive one from RTI.

.. Note::   

   All use of commercial and free versions is subject to 
   RTI's Software License Agreement. You can find RTI's Software 
   License Agreement in your installation directory.

This section describes how to manage a license file. If you have more
than one license file from RTI, you can concatenate them into one file.
A single license file can be used to run on any architecture and is not
node-locked. You are not required to run a license server.

.. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2

    install_license
    adding_removing_license
