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- | ======Rhino License Validation: Online and Offline====== | + | ======LAN Zoo License Validation: Online and Offline====== |
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> **Summary: | > **Summary: | ||
- | Rhino 5, 6, and 7 use a license validation system to make it easier to recover lost or stolen license keys. License validation associates your license with your email address (or email domain in the case of a Lab License), a Rhino device name, Device ID, and for upgrade licenses, your previous license key. | + | Rhino 5, 6, 7, and 8 use a license validation system to make it easier to recover lost or stolen license keys. License validation associates your license with your email address (or email domain in the case of a Lab License), a Rhino device name, Device ID, and for upgrade licenses, your previous license key. |
When you add a Rhino license to the Zoo, you are asked to validate the license online. Rhino licenses must be validated before they can be used. | When you add a Rhino license to the Zoo, you are asked to validate the license online. Rhino licenses must be validated before they can be used. | ||
=====Upgrading from previous versions===== | =====Upgrading from previous versions===== | ||
- | When you upgrade Rhino from a previous version, license validation associates the license from your previous version of Rhino with the license you are upgrading to. A previous version license can only be used to upgrade one Rhino license. For example, a company that owns four licenses of Rhino 4 wants to upgrade its licenses to Rhino 5. Each upgrade installation should be associated with a different | + | When you upgrade Rhino from a previous version, license validation associates the license from your previous version of Rhino with the license you are upgrading to. A previous version license can only be used to upgrade one Rhino license. For example, a company that owns four licenses of Rhino 5 wants to upgrade its licenses to Rhino 7. Each upgrade installation should be associated with a specific one of the Rhino 5 licenses |
===== The validation process ===== | ===== The validation process ===== |