Runtime-enforced licensing

Commercial enforcement must be inseparable from execution.

When automation is distributed across customer environments, usage limits and entitlements must be validated where the workflow runs.

Enforcement cannot depend solely on centralized billing systems or continuous connectivity.

Plans, quotas, expiry rules, and entitlements are evaluated directly by the runtime during workflow execution.

Each execution step can validate license state before proceeding.

Enforcement continues in cloud, on-prem, edge, and air-gapped environments without requiring continuous vendor connectivity.

Licensing logic is embedded in execution flow, ensuring consistent behavior across installations.

Commercial boundaries travel with the artifact.

Vendors can distribute automation products with enforceable usage controls across diverse customer environments.

Revenue enforcement is not dependent on fragile integrations between billing systems and distributed infrastructure.

License enforcement does not introduce hidden control planes or external dependencies.

Entitlement validation occurs locally within the installed runtime.

Customers retain infrastructure autonomy while vendors retain enforceable commercial control.