VMS Help LICENSE, Usage Summary  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

 To use the License Management utility (LICENSE), enter a LICENSE
 command and subcommand at the DCL prompt ($).  For example, you can
 enter short commands on one line:
    $ LICENSE LIST /FULL VAX-VMS/AUTHORIZATION=USA12345

    Or you can enter long command strings followed by a hyphen (-)
    before pressing Return each time:

    $ LICENSE REGISTER FORTRAN /ISSUER=DEC /AUTHORIZATION=USA-1957 -
    _$ /PRODUCER=DEC /UNITS=1200 /VERSION=7.0 -
    _$ /AVAILABILITY=F /CHECKSUM=1-GEAD-MIDJ-IDNC-DLAC

                                   NOTE

       Enter the LICENSE commands carefully. LICENSE command
       strings can be long. If so, type a hyphen (-) at the end
       of a screen line to continue entering the same command.

       LMF may return only a checksum error when you omit or
       incorrectly enter information. Therefore, before you press
       Return, carefully check the characters you typed on each
       line.

       For most of the LICENSE commands, you can eliminate
       some typing by using the command procedure
       SYS$UPDATE:VMSLICENSE.COM

    All the LICENSE commands except LICENSE START, LICENSE LOAD, and
    LICENSE UNLOAD manipulate only the LMF databases. Thus, to enter
    most LICENSE commands, you need only the privileges required
    to access the License Databases. The License Database is file-
    based; normal file protection applies. LMF provides the License
    Database with a default file access of read and write privileges
    to system-level processes (S:RW).

    To enter the LICENSE START, LICENSE LOAD, and LICENSE UNLOAD
    commands, you need the privilege to change mode to kernel
    (CMKRNL) and to create system logical names (SYSNAM) and system
    privileges (SYSPRV).

    Some commands change license record fields in the License
    Database. LMF writes a history record when you use the following
    commands:

       LICENSE AMEND
       LICENSE CANCEL
       LICENSE COPY
       LICENSE DISABLE
       LICENSE ENABLE
       LICENSE ISSUE
       LICENSE MODIFY

    To display a listing of current and history records of licenses
    registered in the License Database, use LICENSE LIST. To display
    the licenses active on the current node, use the DCL command SHOW
    LICENSE.

    In some special circumstances, OpenVMS licenses are in a separate
    License Database located in SYS$SPECIFIC:[SYSEXE]LMF$SYSTEM.LDB.
    Your LICENSE commands must identify this database with the
    /DATABASE qualifier.

    Many of the LICENSE commands can affect more than one license
    simultaneously. You can control which licenses a command
    affects by adding more than one product name in the product-
    name parameter, using the /ALL qualifier, or using the standard
    DCL wildcard characters (* and %) in your command strings. Using
    the wildcard character (*) in the product-name parameter implies
    the use of /ALL.

    Many of the qualifiers are positional, allowing further control
    for the management of large License Databases. With multiple
    parameters, positional qualifiers affect only the preceding
    parameter. A positional qualifier that precedes every parameter,
    however, affects them all equally.