Introduction

This book describes the licenses required in order to run Micro Focus products and applications developed using Micro Focus products. It tells you how to use the license management software that ensures you have the necessary licenses.

In this Chapter

Overview

Note: This book includes descriptions of the requirements for Micro Focus Server licenses. These are intended as a plain-English guide to these requirements. For the full, legally binding statement of these requirements, see your Micro Focus End User License Agreement.

Micro Focus Server without Enterprise Server is referred to in this book as the base Micro Focus Server. In previous products it was called Application Server, and you will still see some references to this name.

In addition to this Introduction, this book contains four parts. These also appear in the online documentation, as four separate books (two on Windows, and two on UNIX). These four parts and their corresponding online books are:

Part Name Online Book Name On o/s Subject
Net Express Development System and Revolve License Management System User's Guide Windows Licenses to run Net Express and Revolve
Server Express Development System Development Licensing Guide UNIX and Linux Licenses to run Server Express
Micro Focus Server for Windows Deployment License Management Guide Windows Licenses to deploy to Micro Focus Server on Windows
Micro Focus Server for UNIX and Linux Deployment License Management Guide UNIX and Linux Licenses to deploy to Micro Focus Server on UNIX and Linux

Licenses are enforced by license management software included with Micro Focus products. This software only lets the product or application run if you have the necessary licenses:

When you ship an application you have developed using a Micro Focus development system to your end-users, you need to supply them with Micro Focus Server as well, and with licenses to run it. Depending on your application's setup procedure, they may need to know a certain amount about Micro Focus Server licensing, in order to install your application. The Micro Focus Server online documentation therefore includes a cut-down version of the Deployment License Management Guide (for Windows or UNIX, as appropriate), containing just the information that may be needed by your end-users.

For brevity, in general in this book and in the online books on licensing, references to Net Express also apply to Revolve, and references to UNIX also apply to Linux.