The user must activate the software using a License Activation or Evaluation Code with the software_DNA Server. An internect connection is required for the Activation and any re-activations in the future.

Typically the software would not run or would run in DEMO mode before activation (this is determined by you in your software).

This activation process is anonymous for the user. The user can provide an email address to receive information from software_DNA such as the "Send Lost Password" email if he ever forgets his password, or wants to access the License Manager

The ".CDM" License file stored and locked to the user's computer, must be valid and meet all the license and anti-piracy conditions you have configured for that product in software_DNA.

If an Internet connection exists, software_DNA will perform a License Validation with the DNA Server where the license and anti-piracy conditions will be re-checked, or if the License has been banned or revoked. This DNA Server Validation will occur a maximum of once per day.

A validation must be performed within a given period of time, the Validation Period, specified by you.

When there is an Internet connection and a DNA Server Validation is performed, the Validation Period is updated. If a user never connects to the Internet during the Validation Period, the License will be disabled at the end of the Validation Period.

A Warning Period can be set to warn the user ahead of time that he must connect to the Internet to validate his software License. For most users who are almost always connected to the Internet, the Validation Period would never be exceeded and their license would not be disabled.