2 Introducing IBM Tivoli License Manager
1.1 Software License Use Management requirements
The topic of software license use management has been discussed and debated,
and tools have been developed and redeveloped over the past 15 years or so,
with various technologies employed by many companies to fulfill either perceived
or requested customer needs and software publisher wants. In an effort to
resolve these issues, a customer group initiated a work effort which led to the
creation of
A Requirement for Software License Use Management
, a 1996
document (copyrighted by the international user group SHARE Inc.), which
subsequently led to the development of the international standard for license use
management, XSLM, from The Open Group.
A Requirement ...