Licenser

The Licenser generates the license files (.lic) that let you sell protected software to customers. A license ties a file to a specific domain and expiry, so it only runs where and for as long as you allow.

It works on files you marked as Licensed when encoding.

Generating a license

To issue a license, you provide:

• License key — the same key you chose when you marked the file as Licensed in the Encoder. This is how the Loader pairs the license to the file.
• Domain — the customer’s domain. The Loader rejects the file on any other domain. It must be a real hostname like example.com or sub.example.com; single words, localhost, and IP addresses aren’t accepted.
• Expiry — perpetual (never expires), a period (e.g. 1 year from today), or a specific date.

The result is a .lic file. Ship it to your customer alongside the protected file; the Loader checks it at runtime and only runs the file on the licensed domain, within the licensed period.

In the Cloud or offline

The Licenser is available two ways, and they do the same job:

• In Oxrion Cloud — generate licenses in your browser, no setup.
• As a standalone tool — download the Licenser and generate .lic files on your own machine, completely offline.

The offline tool matters when you issue licenses regularly: you can create a customer license any time, with no internet and without depending on the Cloud being reachable. You’re never locked to the Cloud for this.