FlexNet Publisher

FLEXlm was originally a joint development by GLOBEtrotter Software and Highland Software in 1988. Highland's rights to the FLEXlm product were acquired by GLOBEtrotter in 1994; Highland continued as a reseller of 3rd party software. GLOBEtrotter was then acquired by Macrovision in 2000. Combining features from the Safecast protection system and FLEXlm, FlexNet featured product activation and executable wrapping, supporting floating licensing and node locked licensing models. Macrovision subsequently renamed FLEXlm to FLEXnet Publisher.{{Citation needed|date=January 2017}}

The original FLEXlm development team moved on to develop the Reprise License Manager (RLM) at Reprise Software in 2006.{{Citation needed|date=January 2017}}

On 1 April 2008 Macrovision's Software Business Unit, which included FLEXnet Publisher, was sold to the private equity company Thoma Cressey Bravo and subsequently relaunched as Acresso Software. It was a cash transaction valued at approximately $200 million.{{cite web|url=http://www.flexerasoftware.com/company/newscenter/pressreleases/press-releases_8572.htm|title=Acresso Software Press Release|publisher=Flexerasoftware.com|accessdate=27 October 2014|archive-date=2 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602033702/http://www.flexerasoftware.com/company/newscenter/pressreleases/press-releases_8572.htm|url-status=dead}}

In October 2009 Acresso Software announced its name change to Flexera Software and FLEXnet Publisher was changed to FlexNet Publisher.{{cite web|url=http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139211/Acresso_who_Macrovision_spinoff_changes_name_again?taxonomyId=1|title=Acresso who? Macrovision spinoff changes name, again (Computerworld article)|author=Eric Lai|date=10 October 2009|work=Computerworld|accessdate=27 October 2014}}

A July 2011 announcement said that Teachers' Private Capital, the private investment department of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, had agreed to acquire a majority stake in Flexera Software from Thoma Bravo, LLC, a private equity firm.{{cite web|url-status=dead|url=http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/teachers-private-capital-to-acquire-majority-stake-in-flexera-software-1539798.htm|title=Teachers' Private Capital to Acquire Majority Stake in Flexera Software|work=Marketwire|accessdate=27 October 2014|archive-date=2 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002182844/http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/teachers-private-capital-to-acquire-majority-stake-in-flexera-software-1539798.htm}}

The product is currently marketed by Flexera Software as FlexNet Publisher.[http://www.flexerasoftware.com/enterprise/products/software-license-management/flexnet-manager-engineering-apps/ Centralized Management Eases License Server Administration]. flexerasoftware.com. Retrieved 2016-11-21

Due to the way the digital rights management (DRM) works in FlexNet Publisher, FlexNet affects bootloaders; this makes FlexNet Publisher incompatible with drives encrypted with TrueCrypt{{cite web|url=http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/403/kb403210.html|title=Freeze when you reboot a Windows system that has TrueCrypt Disk Encryption software and Adobe applications installed|publisher=Kb2.adobe.com|accessdate=27 October 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/incompatibilities |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130416014149/http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/incompatibilities |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 April 2013 |title=TrueCrypt |publisher=Kb2.adobe.com |accessdate=27 October 2014 }} and renders Linux-based systems unable to boot.{{cite web|url=http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~cjwatson/blosxom/debian/2010-08-28-windows-applications-making-grub2-unbootable.html|title=Colin Watson|date=28 August 2010 |publisher=chiark.greenend.org.uk|accessdate=27 October 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/441941|title=Bug #441941 "grub fails after running Windows" : Bugs : "grub2" package : Ubuntu|date=4 October 2009 |publisher=Bugs.launchpad.net|accessdate=27 October 2014}} The TrueCrypt developers also state that "the issue is caused by inappropriate design of the third-party activation software."{{cite web|url=http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/incompatibilities |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130416014149/http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/incompatibilities |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 April 2013 |title=TrueCrypt |publisher=Truecrypt.org |accessdate=27 October 2014 }}

• [https://licensespring.com LicenseSpring]
• IBM LUM
• LM-X License Manager
• [https://www.openlm.com/ OpenLM]
• Reprise License Manager (RLM)
• Wibu-Systems
• Windows Genuine Advantage

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