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Post-Use Billing
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Many ISVs and License Administrators prefer a licensing option which allows the software to be used 
in excess of a predetermined limit, and then invoiced after-the-fact for actual usage. This 
capability has been referred to as "Pay-Per-Use", or "Metered" or "Post-Use Billing".

RLM supports this license model via the authenticated :ref:`report log <reportlog>`.

.. note:: All report logs are authenticated.

RLM will generate authentication data within the report log. When the report log is returned to the 
ISV, the utility  **rlmverify** is run to verify the contents of the report log. Usage is:

.. code-block::
	text

	rlmverify report_log_file

*rlmverify* reads the specified *report_log_file* and checks the authentication records, then 
indicates whether the report log is correct or whether data in various sections has been modified.