License Management (MATLAB Installation Guide for Unix) MATLAB Installation Guide for Unix     Applications When a user invokes MATLAB anywhere on the network, MATLAB communicates with the license manager daemon on the license server. The license manager forwards the request to the vendor daemon. The vendor daemon checks out a license key for the product. This license key checkout is transparent to MATLAB users. The license manager program reads a license file to determine the numbers of keys you have purchased for each product.  Vendor Daemon License File