Borrowing software licenses in a license management system for time based usage

A computer system for borrowing licenses, the computer system comprising:

• one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable tangible storage medium, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage medium for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, wherein the computer system is capable of performing a method comprising:
• retrieving a license file associated with a software program from a data storage device, wherein the license file includes a plurality of borrowing information;
• recording a plurality of usage information to the data storage device based on a plurality of user interactions with the software program;
• updating the plurality of borrowing information within the retrieved license file using the recorded plurality of usage information, wherein the plurality of update borrowing information is a plurality of restriction criteria includes at least one of whether the requested license is only valid during a peak usage time span and whether the requested license is valid during an off-peak usage time span;
• and
• revoking the retrieved license file based on the updated plurality of borrowing information expiring.

A computer program product for borrowing licenses, the computer program product comprising:

• one or more computer-readable non-transitory tangible storage media and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more non-transitory tangible storage media, the program instructions executable by a processor, the program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to retrieve a license file associated with a software program from a data storage device, wherein the license file includes a plurality of borrowing information;
• program instructions to record a plurality of usage information to the data storage device based on a plurality of user interactions with the software program;
• program instructions to update the plurality of borrowing information within the retrieved license file using the recorded plurality of usage information, wherein the plurality of update borrowing information is a plurality of restriction criteria includes at least one of whether the requested license is only valid during a peak usage time span and whether the requested license is valid during an off-peak usage time span;
• and
• program instructions to revoke the retrieved license file based on the updated plurality of borrowing information expiring.