DEVICE MANAGING APPARATUS, DEVICE MANAGING SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING A SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

摘要

A device managing apparatus for managing software installed in at least one device includes a determination unit configured to determine whether a software item to be installed in the device requires license validation; a validation unit configured to perform a license validation operation on the software item for which the determination unit determines that license validation is required, depending on an available license for the software item; and a setting unit configured to set a license issued by the validation unit in the device in which the software item is installed.