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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2007
James R. Fritsch, Rochester, MN (US);
Lars R. Iversen, Karlslunde, DK;
Russell G. Turner, Byron, MN (US);
Daniel J. Wingard, Kingston, NY (US);
James R. Fritsch, Rochester, MN (US);
Lars R. Iversen, Karlslunde, DK;
Russell G. Turner, Byron, MN (US);
Daniel J. Wingard, Kingston, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to software license management and provide a method, system and computer program product for authorizing customer managed software installation. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for authorizing customer managed software installation based on entitlement records can be provided. The method can include in response to a request to transfer a registered software product from an existing platform to a new platform, validating both an entitlement record and also a maintenance record for the registered software product and transferring the registered software product to the new platform only if both the entitlement record and the maintenance record validate.