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Conference jamin::pw95ift

Title:	PATHWORKS for Windows 95
Notice:	PWW95 1.0A Available -- See notes 3.39 and 8.7
Moderator:	JAMIN::SYSTEMROM

Created:	Thu Nov 17 1994
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	646
Total number of notes:	2900

646.0. "PATHWORKS for W95 V1.0A requesting a 5.1 CC license" by CTHU22::M_MORIN (Mario Morin, Hull CSC - Canada) Tue Jun 03 1997 17:51

Hi,

I have a customer who claims that he is getting his PATHWORKS 
for W95 V1.0A clients to request PWLMDOSCC05.01 licenses in
order to get access to his PATHWORKS server and it's working.
He is able to access his PATHWORKS server.

Does anyone know if this true?

Can the licensing software do that?

Is it legal?

I thought a W95 client count only legally request a V6 license
or more recent.

/Mario

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
646.1		SPELNK::curless		`Tue Jun 03 1997 19:14`	9
	the licensing software can request ANY type of license... PATHWORKS for W95 v1.0a REQUIRES a v6.0 license... the software doesn't car, but legally the customer must use a v6.0 license.... John, or John? Jeff
646.2	The new licensing czar...	DELNI::GORCZYCA	PATHWORKS Prod/Bus Mgmt	`Wed Jun 04 1997 09:23`	37
	re: previous Jeff (who is quickly becoming one of the world's leading experts in PATHWORKS business practices) is, of course, 100% correct. The only place where licenses are currently checked for the purpose of code execution is in PATHWORKS server code. We do not currently check of a proper license on the client for the purpose of allowing or disallowing it's use. So, even if the client didn't request any license, the client code would still work. The client can request any license because there are many combinations that would also be legal. For example, in this case, the client could be requesting a V5.1 CCS license solely for the purpose of gaining legal access to a PATHWORKS server and the customer could also have a V6.0 CNS license that they might request...or just keep in their desk drawer...that makes it legal for this client to be using the W95 V1.0A code. (I doubt if that is what's going on in this case...but it is possible.) In any case, the LAN Manager licensing code for this client could request any of the following licenses: PWLMDOSCC05.00 PWLMDOSCC05.01 PWLMDOSCC06.00 PWLMOS2CC05.00 PWLMOS2CC05.01 PWLMWNTCC04.01 PWLMXXXFP05.00 to give it access to the PATHWORKS LAN Manager servers...and it would work fine. ...by design. John (John W., are there any limitations on the "AT" licenses that these clients would accept?)
646.3		SPELNK::curless		`Wed Jun 04 1997 11:14`	4
	I'm not sure but I think John insulted me... ;-) Jeff
646.4	oh yeah...	VMSNET::DMCFARLAND	still TurboMom[tm]...	`Wed Jun 04 1997 17:50`	4
	i'm sure... ;-) diane
646.5	As Ms. Piggy would say...	DELNI::GORCZYCA	PATHWORKS Prod/Bus Mgmt	`Thu Jun 05 1997 08:31`	5
	re: .3 MOI ?????