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FLEX<I>lm</I> Versions
Appendix E
FLEXlm Versions
V1.0 - 1988
First FLEXlm Release, containing all the basic FLEXlm features.
V1.5 - February 1990
First widely-used version:
V2.1 - March 1991- Improved TIMEOUT support
- Improved ethernet hostid support
- More customizable by vendor
V2.21 - November 1991- Added support for many platforms, and some platform- specific improvements,
such as hostid.
- Hostid ANY added
V2.26 - March 1992
(Released only to Sun)- Added license lingering
- Improved performance and minor enhancements
V2.4 - December 1992- 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 LM_LICENSE_FILE capability - down-loads license
file from server.
V2.61 - March 1993 (Used only by Sun)- Added INCREMENT and UPGRADE lines to license file
V3.0 - May 1994
- 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 colon-separated 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
V4.0 - December 1994- 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 for end-user diagnostics
V4.1 - May 1995- Performance improvements and new platform support.
V4.1 - Patch Release 6, October 1995- PC patch release for Windows 95 with various performance improvements.
V4.1b - January 1996- Performance improvements.
V5.0 - March 1996- 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.
- Improved firewall support. (Available upon request now)
- 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.
V5.0a - June 1996- Performance improvements and new platform support.
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