Prime Infrastructure Licensing question

I received a PAK and I generated a license from it. E Mail that I received shows this:
Product Name : L-PILMS42-50-M
Product Description : Prime Infrastructure LMS 4.2 - 50 Device Upgrade Lic
Now this says Prime Infrastructure LMS 4.2 and according to this link this is for LMS. Is this right or did our reseller sent us a wrong PAK?
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/prime/infrastructure/1.2/quickstart/guide/cpi_qsg.html#wp71203

Hi Mohammad,
I dont have any seperate server and even I did not order for this license still I got this.It came with PI 1.2 -100 devicess licence.
it comes in bundle:
Understanding License Files Delivered with Prime Infrastructure
The following tables explain which license files are provided with Prime Infrastructure based on the PIDs you order. Prime Infrastructure 1.1 and 1.2 are product bundles that provide license files for multiple products.
The Prime Infrastructure 1.2 (bundle) includes:
•Prime Infrastructure 1.2 (product) - replaces Cisco Prime NCS 1.1 and NCS (WAN) 1.1
•Prime LMS 4.2
did u order seperately- Prime Infrastructure LMS 4.2 - 50 Device Upgrade Lic ??
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