License Management (MATLAB Installation Guide for Windows) MATLAB Installation Guide for Windows     Licensing Architecture Note    The information in this section pertains to concurrent installations only. You do not need to read this section if you are performing a standard installation. 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 License management daemons License File format and its processing by the installer Important license management files Throughout this section, $MATLAB refers to your MATLAB installation directory. Note    For more detailed information about FLEXlm and license management, see the FLEXlm End User Manual, available in PDF format in $MATLAB\flexlm\enduser.pdf, where $MATLAB is your installation directory.   License Management License Management Daemons