This has got to be the classic software chicken/egg syndrome:

In order to calculate the cost of the licensing cost tool you must know
how many license units of the licensing software you need to license.
For the license...

Kelly Lipp
CTO
STORServer, Inc.
485-B Elkton Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80907
719-266-8777
www.storserver.com


-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Allen S. Rout
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 12:05 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] New Tivoli Licensing Free Metric tool!

>> On Mon, 4 Aug 2008 17:50:06 -0400, Richard Sims <rbs AT BU DOT EDU> said:

> Announcement Letter No. ZP08-0263 says that it's free.
> See "Ordering information" therein for the rather vague info on
> acquiring it.
> I will refrain from joking that you need a license to use it.


No, because it's dead serious.  And the licensing cost for the
software can only be calculated by the licensing software.  Value
Units, you know.

I think I heard about this in Oxford.

- Allen S. Rout