How to Deploy 2012 RDS Licenses

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rds/archive/2014/01/29/remote-desktop-services-upgrade-and-migration-guideli...
Check the link i posted

We are upgrading our Terminal Server from 2008 R2 to 2012 R2. We have an EA agreement that provides the necessary licenses.
Our license server is running on 2008 R2. 
Do we have to upgrade our license server from 2008 to 2012 if we intend to deploy 2012 license on a Per User bases to the TS?
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