RE: RMVLICKEY

You're not missing anything. Years ago I asked IBM for an API to do just
that and AFAIK no work was ever done about it.

Mike Grant
Bytware, Inc.
775-851-2900 

http://www.bytware.com

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pete Clifford
Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 9:41 AM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RMVLICKEY


IBM states (in the help text and Info Center for the 
RMVLICKEY command):

"Removing license information from the repository does not 
affect installed 
licenses. Any license that is currently being used to access 
the product on 
this system remains valid and usable."

As far as I can make out, if you uninstall a licensed program (with 
DLTLICPGM) and remove the license key for that product from 
the repository 
(with RMVLICKEY), this does NOT actually get rid of the 
license from the 
repository. It might not show up on WRKLICINF, but its still 
there, and if 
you subsequently reinstall the product (with RSTLICPGM), that 
product will 
work just fine and will continue to consider itself licensed.

So, my question is: is there any way of deleting a license 
from a system so 
that the product is no longer usable? If not, how does this 
affect the 
licensing of software when a system is put on to the 
second-user market? 
Doesn't this mean that there is really no way of transferring 
a license from 
system A to system B, because there's actually no way of effectively 
deleting the license from system A?

Am I missing something?

Pete



-- 
This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion 
(MIDRANGE-L) mailing list
To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l
or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives
at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.

CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE:  This e-mail message and any attachment to this e-mail 
message contain information that may be privileged and confidential.  This 
e-mail and any attachments are intended solely for the use of the individual or 
entity named above (the recipient) and may not be forwarded to or shared with 
any third party.  If you are not the intended recipient and have received this 
e-mail in error, please notify us by return e-mail or by telephone at 
775-851-2900 and delete this message.  This notice is automatically appended to 
each e-mail message leaving Bytware, Inc.