Mentor Standard Licensing Overview

Mentor® software uses the Mentor Standard Licensing (MSL) system to administer software licenses. MSL is based on FlexNet™ licensing and uses the FlexNet license file format. Mentor uses FlexNet Publisher certificate-based licensing only.
Note:

Mentor uses the term license file instead of certificate.

MSL has two implementations:

  • MGLS (Linux1) — Mentor Graphics Licensing System

  • PCLS (Microsoft® Windows®) — PC Licensing System

Licenses are delivered to you as a result of booking an order or requesting an evaluation. The authorization codes, which are in the license file, enable Mentor applications.

This manual provides instructions and information for the system or license administrator on how to use MGLS and PCLS to license Mentor software.

The “Mentor Standard Licensing Overview” chapter discusses the following:

1 Linux® is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U.S. and other countries.