• 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 IP to expand or restrict the networks allowed to use the license.

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 the keystrings are generated and installed to your local machine.