There is currently no way of canceling a license and moving it to another system.If a user has a Pro activation that has 4 concurrent users, this will show as a Pro license in ELS that can be used 5 times on separate systems. There is no concurrent network licensing system in place.To get around this, any user that purchases Lightworks Pro will be given a Pro license that can be used on two different systems. Users will not be able to detach a license from one system to another.The new ELS licensing has some limitations.

The user simply signs in to the new version entering their username and password, and their existing license(s) will appear in the list for them to activate (Pro and AVID DNxHD). Any existing licenses still yet to expire on the current release build of Lightworks will be honoured in the new ELS system. Users now sign in to the application using their username and password an internet connection MUST be present on the system. We are pleased to announce that this licensing has now been removed and replaced with our own EditShare Licensing Service (ELS) This same licensing service has been trialled over the last couple of months with great success in the Linux Alpha/Beta versions.

The biggest of all these was our current licensing system (Sentinel HASP) This has caused problems during installation, activation and simply starting the application, all of which gives a negative customer experience.

The last few months, we have been setting about tackling the remaining issues customers have faced using Lightworks. We are pleased to announce that the 11.1 Windows Release is now live! The last Beta Build ( 11.1.L) proved very important in helping resolve two major issues with the new ELS licensing and a memory issue. Today, we are releasing the latest version of Lightworks for Windows: 11.1.

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