What is the Electronic Distribution System and ESD license?

Electronic Distribution - What is an ESD License?

ESD License (Electronic Software Delivery - ESD) - Electronic Software Delivery or Electronic Distribution System (ESD) is a modern way of selling and delivering a product license key to the customer, taking place directly through the electronic distribution channels of the manufacturer and retailers. The license key is usually delivered to the customer by e-mail, to the e-mail address provided during the purchase, which is required in the customer registration process.

The Electronic Distribution System includes digital sales of ESD licenses and convenient, fast and secure delivery in which the license key goes directly to the end customer. Electronic products such as software are ideal for this kind of digital distribution.

Advantages of ESD licenses

The main advantages of ESD licenses are the fact that they have all the features of the license in the BOX version. This means that the license is not tied to the equipment, so it can be migration to another device, its multiple license transfers between devices, the ease of recovering a lost licence in the event of a licence computer failure or theft of the computer, or the possibility of reselling electronic license. Other advantages include safety purchase of an electronic license, the speed of purchase and delivery of such licence without leaving home and the undeniable ecological aspect of the products with an ESD license, as all documents and materials are sent electronically. A product with an ESD license is made available through download links or access to a download account on the shopping platform. License also shortens the chain of intermediaries, allowing you to earn money on the directly to their manufacturers. An additional advantage is the ability to issue an ESD license certificate as an additional confirmation of the authenticity of the purchased product for companies and individuals.

Disadvantages of ESD licenses

For some digital content customers who have a fixed habit of hoarding, lack of physical original installation media when purchasing an ESD license is a significant defect, can cause discomfort as well as increased distrust of the originality of the product or its source purchased software. For most modern users digital content is not a disadvantage, because we can at any time check the seller on the web, we can also only use the services authorised distributors, and the issue of the lack of a media from the ESD license is solved by self-archiving multiple times, because we can perform several or a dozen or so archiving of installation files locally or on the Internet. As a last resort, we can apply to manufacturer to provide links to the installation version of the purchased software for sale in the electronic system Distribution..

Other categories or versions of software licenses

What are BOX licenses?

BOX license - This is a boxed version, also called a "full license" sometimes a "professional license". Products in the BOX version are usually equipped with packaging (hence the box) and installation media in the form of a CD/DVD or USB key. BOX products often also contain paper instructions, printed advertising materials or trial versions of other products the software manufacturer or companies cooperating with it. Scope functionality offered by the BOX "box" license, is in the in accordance with what the licence offers electronically, in addition to the delivery of physical components (carrier CD/Pendrive, user manual in paper form, box).

What are OEM licenses?

OEM License (Original Equipment Manufacturer) Original Equipment Product - OEM licenses are a variation of licensing used by PC manufacturers who sell their hardware and devices together with software as equipment. Programs OEM are inextricably linked to or assigned to the computer (or its parts, for example, motherboard, hard disk, memory module), on which it is installed. OEM licenses were not allowed to be transferred for other computers and resell. For example, in this way Microsoft products such as Microsoft office home standard, professional or Microsoft operating systems such as Windows Home were distributed. In the event of a component failure resulting in data loss in some cases, the OEM license was lost. After the protests companies and consumers, these provisions have been repealed by the European Court of Justice Justice, which stated that they violate the right of the user OEM licenses in the field of disposing of their own assets. Thereby customers have the opportunity to have an OEM license provided with the purchased equipment and, for example, the possibility of reselling it.