License Management (MATLAB Installation Guide for PC) MATLAB Installation Guide for PC     Licensing Architecture In a concurrent installation, The MathWorks uses a license manager program, called FLEXlm (a product of GLOBEtrotter Software, Inc.), to control access to its software. This section describes: The license management daemons The License File format and its processing by the installer Important license management files In addition, this section describes how to: Run multiple versions of MATLAB Set up a License File when MATLAB shares a license manager with other applications Set up redundant license servers Throughout this section, $MATLAB refers to your MATLAB installation directory.  License Management The License Management Daemons