Linaro Forge Licence Server 26.0 Release Notes
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Copyright (c) 2023-2026 Linaro Limited (or its affiliates). All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 2017-2023 Arm Limited (or its affiliates). All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 2002-2017 Allinea Software Limited.


Linaro proprietary notices, including confidentiality status, terminology statement, and product release status, can be found at the end of this document.


Contents
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- Release overview
- Release contents
- Get started
- Support
- Release history
- Proprietary notices


Release overview
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Product description
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Linaro Licence Server 26.0 enables you to use floating licences with Linaro Forge on your supercomputing cluster.

Release status
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This is the 26.0 release of Linaro Licence Server.

These deliverables are being released under the terms of the agreement between Linaro and each licensee (the "Agreement"). All planned verification and validation is complete.

The release is suitable for volume production under the terms of the Agreement.


Release contents
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The following subsections provide detail about:
- The component parts that are delivered as part of this release.
- Any changes since the previous release.
- Any known issues and limitations that exist at the time of this release.

Deliverables
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- Linaro Licence Server
- Release Note (this document)
  Information about previous releases is available at:
  https://www.linaroforge.com/LicenceServerReleasehistory/
- Documentation is available in the documentation area of your product installation or online at:
  https://docs.linaroforge.com/26.0/html/licenceserver/index.html

Information about Linaro Forge can be found on the Linaro Forge website:
https://www.linaroforge.com

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Differences from previous release
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Differences from the previous release of Linaro Licence Server are detailed in the following subsections.


Additions and changes
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None in this release.

Resolved issues
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None in this release.

Deprecated features
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None in this release.

If you rely on deprecated functionality, please send an email to support@forge.linaro.com. Linaro will respond as soon as possible.

Known limitations
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See the Release history section on the Linaro Forge website at:
https://www.linaroforge.com/licence-server-release-history


Get started
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This section describes how to download, install, and run Linaro Licence Server.

Licensing information
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To purchase a floating license for Linaro Forge, contact Linaro at:
https://www.linaroforge.com/contact

A floating license consists of two files, a server license file and a client license file.

The server license file must be stored in a directory called licences below the Linaro Licence Server installation directory.

The client license file should be stored in the licences subdirectory of the Linaro Forge install directory.

For more information about licensing, see:
https://www.linaroforge.com

Install Linaro Licence Server
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When you have obtained a floating license from Linaro, download the appropriate platform version of Linaro Licence Server:
https://www.linaroforge.com/license-server

To install Linaro Licence Server, run the installer program from the distribution archive.

Full installation instructions are available in the Linaro Licence Server User Guide, which is available on the Linaro Forge website at:
https://docs.linaroforge.com/26.0/html/licenceserver/installation/install_licence_server.html

To uninstall Linaro Licence Server, remove the installation directory from your system:

rm -r <installation-dir>

Run Linaro Licence Server
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See the Linaro Licence Server User Guide for configuration and startup information specific to your installation at:
https://docs.linaroforge.com/26.0/html/licenceserver/use_licence_server/index.html


Support
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If you have any issues with the installation, content, or use of this release, please send an email to support@forge.linaro.com. Linaro will respond as soon as possible.

These deliverables are being released under the terms of the agreement between Linaro and each licensee (the "Agreement"). All planned verification and validation  is complete.
The release is suitable for volume production under the terms of the Agreement.

Note: Support for this release of the product is only provided by Linaro to partners who have a current support and maintenance contract for the product.

Release history
===============

See the release history for Linaro Licence Server at:
https://www.linaroforge.com/licence-server-release-history


Proprietary notices
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Non-confidential proprietary notice
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Your access to the information in this document is conditional upon your acceptance that you will not use or permit others to use the information for the purposes of determining whether implementations infringe any third party patents.

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This document may include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors.

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Copyright (c) 2023-2026 Linaro Limited (or its affiliates). All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 2017-Feburary 2023 Arm Limited (or its affiliates). All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 2002-2017 Allinea Software Limited.

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Confidentiality status
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This document is Non-Confidential. The right to use, copy and disclose this document may be subject to license restrictions in accordance with the terms of the agreement entered into by Linaro and the party that Linaro delivered this document to.

Unrestricted Access is a Linaro internal classification.

Product status
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The information in this document is final, that is for a developed product.

Web address
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https://www.linaroforge.com

Progressive terminology statement
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If you find offensive terms in this document, please email support@forge.linaro.com.
