Cross edition rights
Some software suppliers offer licensing rights where a license could cover other installations within the application family, with the same and/or lower edition. In Snow License Manager this is called Cross edition rights.
Cross edition rights are included in licenses with the following metrics and assignment types:
| Metric | Assignment type |
|---|---|
| Installations | Computer/datacenter Organization |
| Number of processors | Computer/datacenter |
| Number of processor cores | Computer/datacenter |
Also, cross edition rights can interact with upgrade and downgrade rights.
EXAMPLE
A license for Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter with cross edition rights could cover Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Standard, as well (same version, lower edition).
A license for Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter with upgrade rights and cross edition rights could cover Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard, as well (higher version, lower edition).
A manually defined downgrade path will override the cross edition rights.