Legal consequences of sticking a WES2009 license in a WES7E sytem.

Dear Sirs,
Which are the legal consequences of sticking a WES2009 license in a system with WES7E system installed?
Is there any possibility to license a WES7 with other embedded license? Is also possible a WES8 license?
Thanks in advance for your support.
Best Regards,
Ruben Perez.

First of all: Your local distributor should be able to give you all information regarding correct licensing. But they never should/will approve or allow you something that violates your CLA or their contracts .They can loose their right to deal with MS products
if they do so.
There was something about downgrade rights for "common" System Bilder (or similar) licenses in meaning of having Windows 7-Sticker on the device but running - for example - Windows XP. AFAIK this is also possible with Windows Embedded, but only
if this was agreed with MS in the CLA/ATs. But this, if ever, applies only to the DTOS (Desktop operating system).
The "real" embedded systems like WES7 and WES2009 must have to appropriate sticker attached to the device. I will wonder if I'm wrong with that.
About legal consequences: You violate the terms of your CLA if you do so! This means that
you may loose any rights granted to you within the CLA. That's a fact. Your CLA should contain some phrases that tell about consequences.
If MS will connive at the fact that you paid "something"... but I would not rely on that.
In short terms: DON'T DO THAT unless MS permits you to do so EXCLUSIVELY!

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@wjosten:
I really appreciate your input, but I'd like an Apple employee response to rest my hat on (like JasonL, who has responded to my posts previously -- his user account is marked with an Apple icon and says Apple Employee on it). I know it's not official, but after getting attacked on another website for this question, I knew I had to head here. I couldn't get straight answer from Apple's iTunes Store Support, so I wanted to have someone attached to Apple sticking their neck out.
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Im admin on a Internet Cafe. I have problems with customers installing viruses, keyloggers, crap, password stealers and such on our computers.
To maximize the security, I did decide to set up a iSCSI server, with one central image ("golden master image") and 20 "cow" images that are deleted each reboot of the actual computer. The computers boots using gPXE and the computers
are completely diskless.
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after the initial boot. This must happen
each reboot because the computes do not have write rights, so pc1 gets its license files and activation files that belong to pc1, pc2 gets its activation files and so on.
So what I have done:
I have activated each PC one by one. For each activated PC, I copyed:
C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\Appdata\Roaming\Microsoft\SoftwareProtectionPlatform\tokens.dat
C:\Windows\System32\spp\tokens\pkeyconfig\pkeyconfig.xrm-ms
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\spp\tokens\pkeyconfig\pkeyconfig.xrm-ms
to the server (192.168.1.2) and ask it to serve the "correct" tokens.dat and pkeyconfig.xrm-ms, and correct Windows License Key, based on the IP adress doing the request, so if 192.168.1.101 ask for licenses, I serve them the license files
"coming" from PC1, if 192.168.1.102 ask for license, I serve them the files for PC2 and so on.
the FSO.GetTempName is a attempt from me to prevent caching by making sure the URL is unique each time.
VBSCRIPT:
' [VASA GAMING AB] PROVISIONING SCRIPT FOR WINDOWS LICENSES AND GAME LICENSES '
' SINCE ALL TWENTY PCS BOOT FROM THE EXACT SAME READ-ONLY IMAGE, WE NEED TO PUT THE '
' CORRECT LICENSE FILES AND PRODUCT KEYS INTO THE CORRECT PC __AFTER__ THE PC '
' HAS BOOTED, BECAUSE BEFORE THE PC HAS BOOTED, WE HAVE NO WAY TO KNOW WHICH PC IT IS.'
' WRITTEN BY: Sebastian Nielsen '
On Error Resume Next
Dim objService, g_objWMIService, colListOfServices, objsppService, fso, oXMLHTTP, oStream, WshShell
Set g_objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\.\root\cimv2")
Set objNetworkSettings = g_objWMIService.Get("Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration")
' iPXE Adds some bogus routes to preserve iSCSI connection to the master image during
' Windows boot. This causes regular internet access to cease
' Clear the bogus routes, we don't need them when Windows has finished booting.
objNetworkSettings.ReleaseDHCPLeaseAll()
WScript.Sleep 500
objNetworkSettings.RenewDHCPLeaseAll()
Set colServices = g_objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT Version FROM SoftwareLicensingService")
For each objService in colServices
Exit For
Next
Set colProducts = g_objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT ID, ApplicationId, PartialProductKey, LicenseIsAddon, Description, Name FROM SoftwareLicensingProduct WHERE PartialProductKey <> null")
For Each objProduct in colProducts
'Flush the old license, it propably belongs to some other of the 20 PCs. (Because 20 different PCs boot this same HDD image)
objProduct.UninstallProductKey()
Next
'Forcefully deactivate windows, since we shouldn't really run this PC with a license belongning to some other of our PCs..
objService.RefreshLicenseStatus()
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set oXMLHTTP = CreateObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP.3.0")
' Check if we can reach the license provisioning server, else retry indefinity until we can reach.
Do
WScript.Sleep 500
oXMLHTTP.Open "GET", "http://192.168.1.2/licenseserverpresent.txt?temp=" & fso.GetTempName & fso.GetTempName & fso.GetTempName, False
oXMLHTTP.Send
Loop Until (Mid(oXMLHTTP.responseText, 1, 22)="LicenseServerIsPresent")
WScript.Sleep 1000
'Fetch the correct Windows 7 Product Key from the server, and install it.
oXMLHTTP.Open "GET", "http://192.168.1.2/provisioning.cgi?license=a&temp=" & fso.GetTempName & fso.GetTempName & fso.GetTempName, False
oXMLHTTP.Send
objService.InstallProductKey(Mid(oXMLHTTP.responseText, 1, 29))
WScript.Sleep 2000
objService.RefreshLicenseStatus()
Set colListOfServices = g_objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_Service Where Name = 'sppsvc'")
For Each objsppService in colListOfServices
'Stop the license service, we need to get to its files and they are writeprotected while sppsvc is running.
objsppService.StopService()
Next
'Forcefully deactivate windows, since we shouldn't really run this PC with a license belongning to some other of our PCs..
objService.RefreshLicenseStatus()
Set oStream = CreateObject("ADODB.Stream")
'Delete the old license files belongning to a "incorrect" PC.
fso.DeleteFile("C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SoftwareProtectionPlatform\Cache\cache.dat")
fso.DeleteFile("C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\Appdata\Roaming\Microsoft\SoftwareProtectionPlatform\tokens.dat")
fso.DeleteFile("C:\Windows\System32\spp\tokens\pkeyconfig\pkeyconfig.xrm-ms")
fso.DeleteFile("C:\Windows\SysWOW64\spp\tokens\pkeyconfig\pkeyconfig.xrm-ms")
'Fetch the correct license activation files, which belongs to the correct PC, from the server.
oXMLHTTP.Open "GET", "http://192.168.1.2/provisioning.cgi?license=d&temp=" & fso.GetTempName & fso.GetTempName & fso.GetTempName, False
oXMLHTTP.Send
oStream.Open
oStream.Type = 1
oStream.Write oXMLHTTP.responseBody
oStream.SaveToFile "c:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\Appdata\Roaming\Microsoft\SoftwareProtectionPlatform\tokens.dat"
oStream.Close
oXMLHTTP.Open "GET", "http://192.168.1.2/provisioning.cgi?license=b&temp=" & fso.GetTempName & fso.GetTempName & fso.GetTempName, False
oXMLHTTP.Send
oStream.Open
oStream.Type = 1
oStream.Write oXMLHTTP.responseBody
oStream.SaveToFile "C:\Windows\System32\spp\tokens\pkeyconfig\pkeyconfig.xrm-ms"
oStream.Close
oXMLHTTP.Open "GET", "http://192.168.1.2/provisioning.cgi?license=c&temp=" & fso.GetTempName & fso.GetTempName & fso.GetTempName, False
oXMLHTTP.Send
oStream.Open
oStream.Type = 1
oStream.Write oXMLHTTP.responseBody
oStream.SaveToFile "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\spp\tokens\pkeyconfig\pkeyconfig.xrm-ms"
oStream.Close
WScript.Sleep 1000
For Each objsppService in colListOfServices
'Start the license service again
objsppService.ChangeStartMode("Manual")
objsppService.StartService()
Next
WScript.Sleep 1000
'Fetch the correct Windows 7 Product Key from the server, and install it.
oXMLHTTP.Open "GET", "http://192.168.1.2/provisioning.cgi?license=a&temp=" & fso.GetTempName & fso.GetTempName & fso.GetTempName, False
oXMLHTTP.Send
objService.InstallProductKey(Mid(oXMLHTTP.responseText, 1, 29))
WScript.Sleep 3000
objService.RefreshLicenseStatus()
For Each objsppService in colListOfServices
'Start the license service again
objsppService.StopService()
WScript.Sleep 500
objsppService.StartService()
Next
'Windows Antipiracy has removed the desktop wallpaper. However, the problem is now solved and windows is activated since we have installed
'the correct product key and activation files.
'Windows does not automatically revert to the old wallpaper when windows is reactivated after being in "piracy mode".
'Lets fix it by setting the wallpaper.
oXMLHTTP.Open "GET", "http://192.168.1.2/provisioning.cgi?license=f&temp=" & fso.GetTempName & fso.GetTempName & fso.GetTempName, False
oXMLHTTP.Send
oStream.Open
oStream.Type = 1
oStream.Write oXMLHTTP.responseBody
oStream.SaveToFile "C:\Provisioning\vg_desktop.bmp"
oStream.Close
Set vobjShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
set vobjFolder=vobjShell.NameSpace("C:\Provisioning\")
set vobjFolderItem=vobjFolder.ParseName("vg_desktop.bmp")
set vcolVerbs=vobjFolderItem.Verbs
for each vobjVerb in vcolVerbs
if vobjVerb="Använd som skriv&bordsbakgrund" then
vobjVerb.DoIt
WScript.Sleep 1000
exit for
end if
next
WScript.Sleep 1000
objService.RefreshLicenseStatus()
Now to the problem:
When the computer boots, it tell me that the windows needs to be reactivated in 3 days because its run on different hardware.
Checking the "PRODUCT ID", it reveals that the windows are running on the license belongning to the PC that the system was last set in "ADMIN" mode on. (eg the last license that was permanently written to disk)
If I run the above script again, then windows become fully activated.
Now checking the "PRODUCT ID", it reveals that the correct license are being used.
It seems that windows licensing are caching something, but what? Or im doing something in the incorrect order.
Im are deleting "C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SoftwareProtectionPlatform\Cache\cache.dat" but still it caches something somewhere.
Whats the problem?

Hi,
It may be the issue with your script.
In order to get better solution, I recommend you go to MSDN scripting forum. They can provide you with more valuable suggestions.
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?forum=scripting
Thanks for your understanding!
Regards,
Ada Liu
TechNet Community Support

Need license key

Recently during BIOS upgrade my Windows 8.1 installation for Aspire E5-411G-P717 notebook was damaged and recovery would not be allowed because the windows install partition was blocked. So, I resorted to the only known way to recover by using GPARTED to delete the partitions and doing a fresh Win8.1 reinstall. Windows 8.1 now asks me to update the license key but the computer never came with a sticker with a license key. So, I'd like Acer's help with this. I contacted Acer outlet at Amazon (the seller) for help but they don't keep any such information.
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Hello,
There is a range of issues with Skype/Microsoft which are quite important at this time. I am wondering if those issues can be resolved in a legal way, and if the following actions taken by skype, are in fact, withing the law.
The first question is wether the latest move by Skype/Microsoft is actually a lie, or a fraud. From what I have taken out of a legal dictionary (source: http://www.legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/fraud )
"Fraud must be proved by showing that the defendant's actions involved five separate elements: (1) a false statement of a material fact,(2) knowledge on the part of the defendant that the statement is untrue, (3) intent on the part of the defendant to deceive the alleged victim, (4) justifiable reliance by the alleged victim on the statement, and (5) injury to the alleged victim as a result."
Now, with this said, I would like to attract your attention to a recent move made by Skype/Microsoft. As many have probably noticed, as of recent changes, Skype 4.2 is no longer able to run, with an error message claiming that: "Skype is no longer available for your operating system"
According to the above quote, there is 5 out of 5 elements which point to this as a fraud.
1. A false statement or material fact: This error message has been displayed on Windows 7. Skype IS compatible with Windows 7, thus this is indeed a false statement.
2. Knowledge on the part of the defendant that the statement is untrue: This is quoted from Skype Software system requirements: "PC running Windows® XP with SP3, Vista, 7, 8 or 8.1 both 32- and 64-bit operating systems." This points out that Skype/Microsoft are fully aware that this statement is untrue.
3. Intent on the part of the defendant to deceive the alleged victim: It is sufficient to note that Skype Software 6.18 is supported on Windows 7. As such, the error message forced upon Skype Software 4.2 is a deliberate act intending to deceive Skype Software 4.2 users into updating to Skype Software 6.18
4. Justifiable reliance on the statement by the victim: Unfortunately, Skype Software 4.2 users are indeed forced to rely on this statement, as it is the only "explanation" to the apparent "incompatibility".
5. Injury to the alleged victim as a result: While the injury is not physical, it is worthy of note that Skype Software 6.18 has a dramatic decrease in performance, audio quality and compatibility. While claiming that Skype Software 6.18 is "an upgrade" to the Software, it's actually a downgrade as it reduces functionality. Numerous bugs, especially with the camera, cause loss of communication, and in an office environment, can cost a working company a lot of damage, as stable communication with Skype Software 4.2 isn't possible anymore.
This leads me to belive that Skype/Microsoft is responsible of Fraud.
It is further worthy of notice that the first element to qualify for fraud not only applies to the blatant lie about Skype Software not being supported on Windows 7, but may also, in part, contain false advertisement which suggests that Skype Software 6.18 is an improvement in the software's quality, while it is quite obvious that starting with Skype Software 4.2, performance of the software has only been degraded.
With this being said, my question is, does Skype/Microsoft's actions, in this particular case qualify as a fraud, false advertisement or a lie without further legal consequences?
With this being said, I no longer feel safe using Skype Software, due to possibility of Fraud and False Advertisement from Skype/Microsoft. My second question is as follows:
Could the users, perhaps, advice any alternative to skype which wouldn't include the following:
- Blatant lies
- Fraud
- False advertisement
- Forced auto updates embedded into software
- Fraudulent means to force updates on users who use older version of software
Any help into finding a stable platform for private as well as public and workplace communication which doesn't includes the above mentioned points is very welcome.
Disclaimer : The above statements are not an accusation of Skype/Microsoft, but a mere examination and attempt at understanding the company's action through a legal view. This user doesn't intends to file a lawsuit against Skype/Microsoft even if their actions, indeed, are proved to be illegal.

I've used all the older releases and newer releases of Skype on some pretty humble machines and I haven't seen any major decrease in performance nor glitches that would condemn me from using the software or the service Anything in regards to message notifications and group handling are generally things that are being tweaked server side as the old p2p method is not being used. There are bound to be issues due to the changeover since the process has changed and has been upgraded to the new system. Resource usage or requirements is bound to change over time. It's inevitable. The only time I've noticed major differences are on the machines I've run meeting the bare minimum requirements for the OS or Skype making it difficult to run any application made today under load even negating Skype.
If I use your comparison and downgrade wording I might as well condemn all new cars manufactured after the classic era as downgrades to the end of time. So I guess every car manufacturer can't ever use the word upgrade as they would be lying by your standards. Maybe they should provide a chart and percentage to how bad it is compared to a classic car. Let's ignore all the rest of the improvements.
Short and to the point 4.2 is over 4 year old software, it has been retired no matter how superior you believe it to be. Yes it's possible it ran better on the machines you use because of a smaller footprint, but then again Skype was originally designed to run on older operating systems back then. It has changed or morphed into a different program all together. It has been upgraded from what is was. The average computer I run Skype on is 7 years old and has functioned fine in my house where I use Skype as my main phone line and overall communication service (VoIP). I'm rather pleased with the service and call people all the time using my subscription.
I am a user of the software and I've really had no major issues with the upgrades. I'm also able to resolve any issues I come across and mitigate many problems by planning ahead of time. Many users neglect their computers like they do their cars then all of a sudden any last used application is to blame for any problem that befalls them. People are also resistant to change and believe that their equipment will last them their lifetime without maintenance or upgrades. Even if the computer lasts, software minimum requirements will always change. Even computer games have a minimum requirement, and if you compare that with the recommended requirements, the difference is day and night.
The latest versions of Skype are problematic on some people's machines. They generally can be isolated to particular hardware, software, or connection problems. I hope the major issues people face are resolved in future releases. I do speak freely in these forums and have stated Skype countless times that it is by far a perfect program especially in its 6.16/6.18 incarnations. If I personally don't like a Microsoft owned program, I don't use it. I had a hard time giving up MS-DOS but have learned to adapt to the changes on system requirements. Some people love Skype 3.8 over 4.2 for their own varying reasons. The latest versions of software work for me on any OS I run with my old hardware and any of my relative's hardware. I really don't have much to complain about or compare and contrast to since it's as stable as it ever was for me. If I found that was not the case, I would downgrade to 6.14. This doesn't mean that 6.14 is an upgrade, it's just a more compatible version of the software based on my hardware/software. In that sense that can be the same case for your company, it still doesn't negate the fact that the latest version isn't an effective upgrade for others. I see no need for the constant wordplay.

Licensing on more than one computer

I have Final Cut Pro studio installed on my desktop mac. Can I also install in on my laptop?
Also, does anyone know how well Final Cut studio will run on a MacBook 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo.
Thanks!

You can find all Apple SLA's here: http://images.apple.com/legal/sla/
http://images.apple.com/legal/sla/finalcutstudio51.pdf
2. Permitted License Uses and Restrictions.
A. Apple Software (Bundle)
This License allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple Software on one Apple-labeled desktop computer and one Apple-labeled laptop
computer so long as both computers are owned and used by you. The Apple Software may be used to reproduce materials so long as such use is limited
to reproduction of non-copyrighted materials, materials in which you own the copyright, or materials you are authorized or legally permitted to
reproduce. This License does not allow the Apple Software to exist on more than one computer at a time, and you may not make the Apple Software
available over a network where it could be used by multiple computers at the same time. You may make one copy of the Apple Software in machine-
readable form for backup purposes only; provided that the backup copy must include all copyright or other proprietary notices contained on the original.

Single document release - License type

Dear all,
We are facing an issue, when rechecking the old import documents which are assigned with License (Created with license type - single document release) are getting legal control block now. The license is not getting recognized for the document.
Before rechecking, the documents were not under any legal control block and the licenses (Single document release - license type) were recognized. What would be the reason behind this? What are the settings to be done specific to single document release- license types?
Kindly share your comments.
Thanks in advace!

Hi Balu,
It also depends on what option was selected when you had manually assigned the licenses to the documents in the past. If it had been B1 System, Manually changed, Cannot be changed by system. This wouldn't have happened.
Now as Aman said, you will have to reassign the licenses to those documents.
I personally feel there is a drawback for Purchase orders in terms of recheck.
Basically a document becomes not valid for re-check or re-determination based on following criteria
1) If its a sales order item- As soon as the order is delivered, the sales order becomes not relevant for check. Which makes sense as the subsequent document is generated. If you check the log, it would say Items not relevant for check.
2) If its an outbound delivery item- As soon as the delivery is PGI'd, it becomes not relevant for check.
3) But for Purchase order- The criteria is set as deletion indicator- Which means, a PO item is relevant for re-check in GTS unless and until it is deleted. Even if a delivery is generated for a STO line item, the PO item is considered as relevant for re-check. This had bitten me in the past.
If you don't remember the manual assignment option selected. Can you check the control settings for Legal control- your legal regulation and see what's set for Manual assignment default. If it's not B1, you may consider changing it.
Regards
Dhilipan

License Determination procedure in GTS

Hi,
Currently we are doing a project where we have an application which is determining Export license based on the info. coming from R/3 and other applications. We are now migrating to GTS and retiring the application. From GTS, we need to provide reports to AES through seeburger.
Can some one leverage their knowledge on the configuration/customization required in GTS for license determination and the pre-requisites.
Thanks,
Sudheer

Hi,
Licenese Det is Basically based on Legal Reg + Country of Destination + ECCN license type is determined.
You have to carry out following Config set up for license determination .
First you have to classify your product for ECCN:
Under Numbering Scheme.
1. Define Numbering Scheme for Exp List
2.Assign Numbering Scheme of Exp List for License Maintenance
3.Assign Numbering Scheme of ECCN for Legal control
Under Classific. Master Data GTS Main menu
1.Change/Define Control Group
2.Change/Define Pecularity Code
3.Maintain Export Classification number
4.Classify Product for ECCN ,Control Group and Pecualrity Code.
License Determination Set up
Gen Settings-->Legal Reg
1.Define Legal Regulation
2.Define Legal Det Proc.
3.Activate Legal Reg
Legal Control Services
1.Assigen Leg Det Proc
2.Activate Legal Reg For Exp/Imp
3.Def Licensetype Det Proc. Assgn Det Strategy
4. Cntrl Settings Leg Cntrl Allowed Status
5. Def Cntrl Proc for Address Comaprison of License Type
6. Def Depreciation grp of License Type
7.Def License Type Allowed Status
Leagal Control-->Export GTS main menu
1. Maintain Export Licenses
2. Maintain License Determiantion Strategy
Control:
Legal Raegulation
Control Group
Country Group
Licesne Type
Hope this helps.
Kind Regards,
Sameer

Block Sales document if License is missing under any license type

Hi,
We have a scenario where we using multiple license types for a legal regulation. If any license is missing for any license type that determined while screening, the order should be blocked.
For example, For Legal Regulation EAR, we have two License types LTYP1 and LTYP2 and we maintain only License for EAR with LTYP1. During the sales order creation, system screens and found that 2 license types determined. Since 1 license is missing for Legal Regualtion EAR with LTYP2, the order should blocked. But at this moment, system found 1 license with combination EAR with LTYP21 hence it is released.
But when we see the Log, system shows RED indicator against EAR with LTYP2, it means it could not found license for this combination, but the order is released. Our requirement is NOT to release this order and it should determine all the licenses determined for license types
How should we achieved this scenario? Pls help
Regards,
Pradeep

I finally managed to find my way through with this issue so for others who might have the same requirement:
1) Check the check box Check multiple license types under Global Trade Services > Compliance Management > Legal Control > Control Settings for Legal Control
2) Create an entry for the legal regulation and Code List Object PAPOF under Global Trade Services > Customs Management > Customs Code Lists > Assign Customs Code Lists Procedure to Legal Regulation
3) Create the issuing authority for the legal regulation under Global Trade Services > Customs Management > Customs Code Lists > Maintain Customs Code Lists for Legal Regulation
4) Assign the issuing authority to one license type out of two as I've noticed that it won't work if the two license types have the same issuing authority (one created license will release the order).
under Global Trade Services > Compliance Management > Legal Control > Define License Types
Config done on GTS 10.0

Session failed : The terminal services license is invalid

Hi,
I have one user who receive this message(session failed : The terminal services license is invalid) , all other user work ok.
When the same user try on other desktop he works fine.
I try to delete all cache, cookies on the desktop, i try the "tarantella tscal free" command but the problem is already present.
Can you help me ?
I run SGD 4.2-909 on Linux RedHat 4.

I understand the licensing model as it pertains to standard connectivity, (i.e. a wintel box using the rdp client to connect directly to the terminal server). <<
But how does the java emulation of the client work? does it also deposit data in the local windows registry regarding TS Cal licensing? Is it static to the workstation used to connect to SGD? <<Should work the same way for Windows clients; the Terminal Services CAL is stored in the local client registry; as I understand it, this is a legal requirement of the RDP source license.
For non-Windows clients, the TSCAL is stored on the server in a license pool, and can be viewed / manipulated with the tarantella tscal command. TS CAL's are allocated to this pool for the TS License service, and handed out to users as necessary. Reading ahead to the next posting, it's possible to get an expired license stuck in this pool, which can cause problems. Using the tscal command, should check to see if there's an expired license in the pool, and if so, delete it.

Export License assignment

Hi,
I am creating new material in R3 side and transfered to GTS system.
Please let me know License assignment for this new product in GTS is automatic process or manually we need to assign the license for each material
if it is automatic kindly let me know the process/step
Thanks

Hi ,
License to product is not assigned rather it is determined thorught Licesne determination procedure set up in GTS.
If set up is done and transaction doc from feeder system lands to GTS the license dtermination set up determine the license for a prodcut.
Basically based on Legal Reg + Country of Destination + ECCN license type is determined.
You have to carry out following Config set up for license determination .
First you have to classify your product for ECCN:
Under Numbering Scheme.
1. Define Numbering Scheme for Exp List
2.Assign Numbering Scheme of Exp List for License Maintenance
3.Assign Numbering Scheme of ECCN for Legal control
Under Classific. Master Data GTS Main menu
1.Change/Define Control Group
2.Change/Define Pecularity Code
3.Maintain Export Classification number
4.Classify Product for ECCN ,Control Group and Pecualrity Code.
License Determination Set up
Gen Settings-->Legal Reg
1.Define Legal Regulation
2.Define Legal Det Proc.
3.Activate Legal Reg
Legal Control Services
1.Assigen Leg Det Proc
2.Activate Legal Reg For Exp/Imp
3.Def Licensetype Det Proc. Assgn Det Strategy
4. Cntrl Settings Leg Cntrl Allowed Status
5. Def Cntrl Proc for Address Comaprison of License Type
6. Def Depreciation grp of License Type
7.Def License Type Allowed Status
Leagal Control-->Export GTS main menu
1. Maintain Export Licenses
2. Maintain License Determiantion Strategy
Control:
Legal Raegulation
Control Group
Country Group
Licesne Type
Hope this helps.
Kind regards,
Sameer

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