<s>
FlexNet	B-Application
Publisher	I-Application
(	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
FLEXlm	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
software	B-Application
license	I-Application
manager	I-Application
from	O
Flexera	O
Software	O
which	O
implements	O
license	B-Application
management	I-Application
and	O
is	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
corporate	O
environments	O
to	O
provide	O
floating	B-Application
licenses	I-Application
to	O
multiple	O
end	O
users	O
of	O
computer	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
license	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
piece	O
of	O
software	O
may	O
be	O
associated	O
with	O
a	O
specific	O
machine	O
(	O
node-locked	O
)	O
,	O
permitting	O
it	O
to	O
only	O
run	O
on	O
that	O
machine	O
(	O
node	O
in	O
a	O
network	B-Architecture
)	O
;	O
alternatively	O
,	O
a	O
company	O
may	O
buy	O
a	O
pool	O
of	O
floating	B-Application
licenses	I-Application
and	O
these	O
licenses	O
may	O
be	O
allocated	O
dynamically	O
to	O
machines	O
,	O
a	O
license	O
being	O
checked-out	O
when	O
a	O
user	O
begins	O
using	O
the	O
software	O
on	O
any	O
given	O
machine	O
and	O
checked-in	O
when	O
the	O
user	O
finishes	O
using	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FLEXlm	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
a	O
joint	O
development	O
by	O
GLOBEtrotter	O
Software	O
and	O
Highland	O
Software	O
in	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Highland	O
's	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
FLEXlm	B-Application
product	O
were	O
acquired	O
by	O
GLOBEtrotter	O
in	O
1994	O
;	O
Highland	O
continued	O
as	O
a	O
reseller	O
of	O
3rd	O
party	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Combining	O
features	O
from	O
the	O
Safecast	O
protection	O
system	O
and	O
FLEXlm	B-Application
,	O
FlexNet	B-Application
featured	O
product	B-License
activation	I-License
and	O
executable	O
wrapping	O
,	O
supporting	O
floating	B-Application
licensing	I-Application
and	O
node	O
locked	O
licensing	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macrovision	O
subsequently	O
renamed	O
FLEXlm	B-Application
to	O
FLEXnet	B-Application
Publisher	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
FLEXlm	B-Application
development	O
team	O
moved	O
on	O
to	O
develop	O
the	O
Reprise	B-Application
License	I-Application
Manager	I-Application
(	O
RLM	O
)	O
at	O
Reprise	O
Software	O
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
1	O
April	O
2008	O
Macrovision	O
's	O
Software	O
Business	O
Unit	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
FLEXnet	B-Application
Publisher	I-Application
,	O
was	O
sold	O
to	O
the	O
private	O
equity	O
company	O
Thoma	O
Cressey	O
Bravo	O
and	O
subsequently	O
relaunched	O
as	O
Acresso	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2009	O
Acresso	O
Software	O
announced	O
its	O
name	O
change	O
to	O
Flexera	O
Software	O
and	O
FLEXnet	B-Application
Publisher	I-Application
was	O
changed	O
to	O
FlexNet	B-Application
Publisher	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
is	O
currently	O
marketed	O
by	O
Flexera	O
Software	O
as	O
FlexNet	B-Application
Publisher	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
way	O
the	O
digital	O
rights	O
management	O
(	O
DRM	O
)	O
works	O
in	O
FlexNet	B-Application
Publisher	I-Application
,	O
FlexNet	B-Application
affects	O
bootloaders	O
;	O
this	O
makes	O
FlexNet	B-Application
Publisher	I-Application
incompatible	O
with	O
drives	O
encrypted	O
with	O
TrueCrypt	B-Application
and	O
renders	O
Linux-based	O
systems	O
unable	O
to	O
boot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TrueCrypt	B-Application
developers	O
also	O
state	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
issue	O
is	O
caused	O
by	O
inappropriate	O
design	O
of	O
the	O
third-party	O
activation	O
software.	O
"	O
</s>
