Software licenses bound to machine only?
A large portion of the software deployed in our environment is licensed to a user, not to a machine. For example, under our MVLS agreement with SA, one single MS Office license can be used for two local installations, as long as they are both used only by the same individual; hence user
Joe Smith may have one license covering his software installation on hosts
JSMITH1 and
JSMITH2.
It seems that Individual licenses can only be associated in a one-to-one relationship with workstations, rather than with individuals, so I cannot go the route of associating a specific Individual license with two workstations.
It also seems that an Enterprise license should allow me to associate more than one host with the license, but apparently one Enterprise license forces *all* new licenses to associate with it... I had thought that I could use an Enterprise license as my "per user" and just associate each EL with a few workstations, but alas, also no luck.
Has anybody solved the problem of software that is licensed per user instead of per node?
It seems that Individual licenses can only be associated in a one-to-one relationship with workstations, rather than with individuals, so I cannot go the route of associating a specific Individual license with two workstations.
It also seems that an Enterprise license should allow me to associate more than one host with the license, but apparently one Enterprise license forces *all* new licenses to associate with it... I had thought that I could use an Enterprise license as my "per user" and just associate each EL with a few workstations, but alas, also no luck.
Has anybody solved the problem of software that is licensed per user instead of per node?