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Appendix F FLEXlm Versions

First FLEXlm Release, containing all the basic FLEXlm features.

V1.5 - February 1990

First widely-used version including DEMO.

V2.1 - March 1991

• Improved TIMEOUT support
• Improved ethernet hostid support

• Added support for many platforms, and some platform- specific improvements, such as hostid.
• Hostid ANY added

• Added license lingering

• Added `use-all-feature-lines' capability for incremental license distribution.
• Enhanced vendor customization routines.
• Enhanced End-User Options file.
• Added new hostid types: USER, HOSTNAME and DISPLAY
• Added `port@host' to locate license file - down-loads license file from server.

• Added INCREMENT and UPGRADE lines to license file

• INCREMENT and UPGRADE behavior changed and improved
• Added UDP protocol support.
• Added uname -i hostid for hp.
• Added multiple jobs, for enhanced support of LM_LICENSE_FILE as a license file list.
• New, optional license file format, with `name=value' syntax for optional new features, including: asset_info, ISSUER, and NOTICE, \ license file continuation character, 2048 character limit per feature

• Removed use of floating point, for enhanced reliability
• FEATURE line additions: ck (for use with lmcksum), OVERDRAFT, DUP_GROUP, INTERNET hostid
• PACKAGE line
• License Finder
• lmdiag and FLEXLM_DIAGNOSTICS for end-user diagnostics

• Performance improvements and new platform support.

• PC patch release for Windows 95 with various performance improvements.

• Improved port@host behavior - client application doesn't read license file.
• Automatic port@host via USE_SERVER line in license file.
• Hostid lists - lock a feature to several hostids.
• New FEATURE attributes: SN (serial number), USER_BASED, HOST_BASED, MINIMUM, SUPERSEDE, ISSUED (issued date), CAPACITY (charging based on system capacity).
• Optional avoidance of NIS and DNS via IP address instead of hostname.
• Improved REPORTLOG format
• Server, upon startup, notifies of licenses that will expire within 2 weeks.
• Improved end-user options file functionality.
• New FEATURE attributes: SUPERSEDE, ISSUED, USER_BASED, HOST_BASED, SN.

• SUPERSEDE lists, PLATFORMS= license attribute,
• new end-user options: MAX, TIMEOUTALL, CPU_USAGE_INTERVAL, CPU_USAGE_DELTA
• Windows control panel added.
• Windows license generator GENLIC added.

• Performance improvements and new platform support.

• lmgrd can read multiple license files
• FLEXlm license directory support: *.lic automatically used.
• License files require no editing for use at the end-user site.
• Optional path on DAEMON/VENDOR line; $PATH used.
• Decimal license format, with lminstall utility for typing in licenses.
• Feature lines are shorter, easier to understand and type in.
• PACKAGE lines can be shipped in separate files that never require user editing.
• Default port numbers make SERVER line port number optional.
• Default end-user options file path
• `this_host' hostname supported on SERVER line.
• VENDOR_LICENSE_FILE supported (e.g., `GSI_LICENSE_FILE').
• @host supported where default port numbers are used.
• Windows only: user prompted for license file or license server name.
• License files are optionally case-insensitive.
• lmdown and lmreread accept -vendor name argument.
• lminstall utility.

• Performance Improvements.

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