Drillscan uses RLM to Increase Efficiency and Overcome the Limitations of Dongles DrillScan was using an in-house software licensing library since 2004 based upon a commercial hardware dongle solution. Although functional, this solution lacked flexibility due to limited storage space on the dongle. In addition, special knowledge was required to prepare dongles to send to …
Reprise Announces RLM-EZ
RLM-EZ – An Entry-Level Licensing Kit Reprise Software’s RLM-EZ is an entry-level, easy-to-use software licensing kit that allows software developers to enforce a node-locked licensing model from within software applications. RLM-EZ is aimed at developers who are looking for a reliable, low-cost software licensing system from a trusted, experienced vendor. Software publishers integrate RLM-EZ into …
Using Software Activation to hande Decommissioned Computers
Did your customer’s computer really crash? – using software activation to verify. Here’s the picture: A software publisher’s support hot-line rings. The caller reports that his computer has crashed, and that he needs another software license for a new replacement computer right away. What to do? Software publishers strive to ensure that their customers are …
Using RLM Activation Pro to Support Subscription Licensing
Subscription Licensing Software publishers are adopting subscription licensing models at an increasing rate. Subscriptions help to smooth license revenue from recurring fees while attracting customers with lower entry costs. Using RLM Activation Pro, an ISV can sell subscription licenses that have expiration dates years into the future. When users are connected to the Internet, applications …
Caching RLM Licenses to Increase Speed
RLM lets vendors create licenses specifying a cache time in seconds so that when checked out, RLM will create a cached license on the local client machine. If the same user on this host checks out the license before the cache time expires, then the local cached license is used, saving a connection to the license server.
Integrating License Activation with an Ecommerce System
Integrating license activation with an ecommerce system using RLM Activaiton Pro Software vendors, especially those selling low-cost products that require little tech support, often want to know about integrating license activation with an Ecommerce system. Here are 4 simple steps to integrate RLM Activation Pro with a typical Ecommerce system. 1. With RLM Activation Pro, …
LMS International selects RLM
After an extensive comparison with other commercial license manager solutions on the market, LMS opted for RLM from Reprise. Following a successful trial period, which allowed LMS to also validate the technical support of Reprise, the vast majority of the LMS customer base has already migrated to RLM. Customer feedback is very positive.
RLM Backwards Compatibility
RLM Backwards Compatibility: Is RLM v10 backward compatible with RLM v8.0? This question often comes up. The general question is, how is backward compatibility handled in RLM? On the license server side, the rules we have always followed (and we expect to always follow in the future), are these: You can always use a newer …
RLM Roaming Failures on Windows
Sometimes RLM Roaming won’t work on a Windows system. When this happens, you see something like the popup displayed here: This often happens when for some reason the client is unable to write the roam data file associated with a roaming license. The file is created in ProgramData\Reprise (Docs and Settings\All Users\App Data\Reprise on older …
Windows ISV server fails to start or shuts down after starting
On Windows, RLM sometimes fails to start the ISV server with a select(), getsockname() or “communications (socket) problems” error. This is a very uncommon problem, but the simple fix described below will correct it. Reprise has had reports on a very limited number of systems that RLM fails to start the ISV server, with errors …