Transfer NLM license

[Amito]

We have posted two users to another company but the don't have enough licenses. Since we have licenses available, they've asked if we could transfer two licenses for them for the given period.

FlexLM supports borrowing but I've understood Autodesk licenses doesn't.

Is there any other possibility to achieve this?

[TravisNave]

Correct.  The EULA prevents you from transferring your licenses (even temporarily) to another company.  They are responsible for obtaining their own licenses if they wish to use them for production means.

3.2.3     Transfers.  You may not distribute, rent, loan, lease, sell, sublicense, or otherwise transfer all or any portion of the Autodesk Materials, or any rights granted in this Agreement, to any other person or legal entity without the prior written consent of Autodesk. 

[jggerth1]

Ok,, if the remote users are using _your_ companies equipment, there are two possibilities which should maintain compliance with the EULA terms.

1) bring their machines into your office, and borrow the licenses from your server for x many months.  That will dedicate the licenses, and temporarily subtract them from your available pool.

2) connect from the other office to your network across a vpn to check out a licenses.  that may also mean borrowing a license -- and will require the other company's IT to cooperate.

If your guys are using the other company's hardware, then no way to do it  (run your licenses under their roof) w/o violating the EULA.  Simplest way would be to provide laptops and borrow the licenses.  I imagine you can lease a workstation laptop for 6 months at not too exorbinant a cost.

[Amito]

That's strange. For de SLM licenses they've build a special tool  (License transfer utility) to achieve this. I guess I'have to send this matter to Autodesk to clearify this.

BTW. the users will use hardware of the other company (part of our holding). The problem is, that we're not allowed to use our own hardware in their network because of security matters. So I don't have any more options left.

Nevertheless thanks for your effort in the replies.

[jggerth1]

and for network licenses, you can use the borrow license feature.  the problem is, that under the EULA all machines have to be owned/under the control of the licensed entity.

You mentioned (part of our holding).  by that do you mean that your organization owns the other company?

[Amito]

With part of our holding I meant, we are on the same level like sisters.

[jggerth1]

so you are both wholly owned subsidiaries of another company?  if that's the case, work with you dealer and it's possible adesk will authorize the transfer.  They can, after all, do that if they want to.  In this case, the license stays within the same (parental) ownership, so ... maybe.

Might be simplest all around if all licenses were transferred tot he parent org, but I can see corporate politics and kindom building interfering.

[Amito]

That's correct. This being investigated at a higher level, I was looking for a solution on short term.

Thanks for your ideas  and support.

[TravisNave]

Good luck with that.  We just want you to be legal and avoid an audit.  Thanks!