# Licensing Overview

> How DS Server is licensed per server instance for one year: unlimited developers, royalty-free client libraries, renewal, trial token and trial version.

- **Product:** DS Server
- **Section:** Documentation
- **Kind:** Topic
- **Path:** DS Server > Overview > Licensing Overview
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/overview/licensing/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/overview/licensing/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/overview/licensing/llms-full.txt

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## On This Page

- [The Licensing Model at a Glance](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/overview/licensing/#the-licensing-model-at-a-glance)
- [Per Server, Not per Developer](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/overview/licensing/#per-server-not-per-developer)
- [The License Period](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/overview/licensing/#the-license-period)
- [Developers and Client-Side Libraries](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/overview/licensing/#developers-and-client-side-libraries)
- [Trial Token and Trial Version](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/overview/licensing/#trial-token-and-trial-version)
- [How a Server Gets Its License](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/overview/licensing/#how-a-server-gets-its-license)
- [The License Agreement](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/overview/licensing/#the-license-agreement)
- [Related Pages](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/overview/licensing/#related-pages)

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