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License++ is software licensing library that provides an abstract way to secure your software usage.

Features

• RSA-Based signing to prevent alteration
• Custom license keys for your software
• Anyone can check the license validity
• Restricted issuance of new licenses
• Disable issuing authority at anytime

Getting Started

Dependencies

• C++11
• Crypto++ v5.6.5+ with Pem Pack
• cmake v2.8.12+

Installation

• Download or clone the repository
• Install Crypto++

  git clone https://github.com/amrayn/licensepp
  git clone https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp.git
  git clone https://github.com/amraynweb/cryptopp-pem.git
  cp cryptopp-pem/* cryptopp/
  cd cryptopp
  make
  sudo make install
  

• Use CMake to build the project

  cd licensepp
  mkdir build
  cd build
  cmake ..
  make
  sudo make install
  
  ## build with test
  cmake -Dtest=ON ..
  make
  sudo make install
  ./licensepp-unit-tests
  

• You can build cli tool to ensure license++ is installed properly

Integration

Once you have license++ properly installed please check out sample code for integration

Generate New Authority Key

Authority key is what is in key register (LICENSE_ISSUING_AUTHORITIES) You will need to generate a custom key for your software. This key is used to sign the digital license.

Authority key is essentially RSA keypair with : seperator. Format of this key can be defined as:

base64_encode(
 pem_format(
   rsa_private_key
 )
):base64_encode(
 pem_format(
   rsa_public_key
 )
)

You can use ripe command to generate new authority key or you can use openssl CLI tool to do so

ripe -g --rsa --length 2048 [--secret <secret>]

This will generate something like:

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

Which is base64-encoded keypair seperated with :

Generate New Signature Key

License++ signature key is what's used to sign the licensee's signature. This is to protect the information with AES-CBC-128. Signature key is defined in 128-bit array in key register (LICENSE_MANAGER_SIGNATURE_KEY)

You can use ripe to generate new key

ripe -g --aes --length 128

This will produce something like 82F36C25A912389ABFF8091C759303D2. You then seperate each hex to create C++ array, i.e,

0x82, 0xF3, 0x6C, 0x25, 0xA9, 0x12, 0x38, 0x9A, 0xBF, 0xF8, 0x09, 0x1C, 0x75, 0x93, 0x03, 0xD2

This will now go in to the key register.

CLI

CLI tool provide ability to generate new licenses and validate existing license. Each CLI tool's version is linked directly with your version of key register.

Issue New License

./license-manager --issue --licensee john-citizen --period 3600 --authority sample-license-authority [--signature <signature>]

Validate License

./license-manager --validate license.file [--signature <signature>]

License Format

Licenses generated using License++ are base64 encoded JSON. They look like as follows:

{
    "authority_signature":"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",
    "expiry_date":1528386596,
    "issue_date":1515426596,
    "issuing_authority":"sample-license-authority",
    "licensee":"john-citizen",
    "licensee_signature":"61663531383163626334303566613461363362343232316632663764393638383A35574F4F4C466B532F7A4F79376446364F6155776C673D3D0D0A0D0A"
}

Format Explained

Item	Description
authority_signature	Signature of the authority which prevents alteration in the license
expiry_date	License expiry date epoch
issue_date	License issue date epoch
issuing_authority	ID of issuing authority as per key register
licensee	Name of the license holder
licensee_signature	If licensee signed this license this is encrypted against key provided in key register. All the licenses signed by licensee will be validated against it at validation time.

License

Copyright (c) 2018-present Amrayn Web Services

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Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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