Work with software agreements and licenses

Start of change Use this information to learn how you and IBM can manage the usage, documentation, and the maintenance of software license information for packaged products. End of change

A packaged product is a program on your server that was installed by using either the Restore License Program (RSTLICPGM) command or the GO LICPGM menus. A licensed-enabled packaged product uses i5/OS™ software license management functions.

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You have the option to display or print software agreements.
You can display and change software license information required by IBM^® usage-based products through the Work with License Information (WRKLICINF) command. Through Management Central you can work with license keys and distribute them across your systems.

Software agreements and licensing concepts
Any licensed program may be subject to the terms in a software agreement. The i5/OS licensed programs that you use are available through the media distribution set, which includes the standard set, the keyed set, and single sets of products. The keyed set contains products and program options that require software license keys to regulate their use.
Plan for software licensing
You can track trends in the usage of licensed-enabled packaged products that are currently installed on your server.
Manage software agreements and license keys
Before you can install or use V5R4 Licensed Internal Code and the i5/OS operating system, you are required to accept the online software agreements for these licensed programs.

Parent topic: Maintain and manage i5/OS and related software