• All SideFX needs is a valid email address
• The email will be used for your licensing login and to receive license notifications.
• We do not require a MAC address or Host ID like other vendors.
• You will be provided with a license entitlement to your account.

An entitlement is a "voucher" for a license(s) that you are entitled to install on any of your machines.

There are different types of license entitlements:

• A new license for a product
• Upgrade to an existing license version.
• Extension to an existing license expiry date.
• Change of Product if you have purchased a product upgrade.

Entitlements are transformed into licenses when you log into the licensing system and "redeem" or claim them.

When you redeem or install an entitlement, you bind it to a specific license server machine and you turn it into a license tied to that computer. It is at this point that license keystrings are generated and installed to your local machine.

When you return a license it removes it from your license server and converts it back into an entitlement.