Method, computer product and network to regulate software licensure authentication in a computer network environment

A computer product having a computer readable medium that contains a program to manage software licensing among a client terminal and a plurality of servers in data communication over a network, said computer product comprising:

• computer code to store a master license compliance program on one of said plurality of servers and a copy of a license compliance software program on a subset of the remaining servers of said plurality of servers, defining multiple copies of license compliance software programs, with said master compliance program and each of said multiple copies having each of software license rights associated therewith;
• computer code to associate a referral priority level to each of said multiple copies, defining a referral sequence;
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• computer code to receive, with said master license compliance software program, a license request, and refer said license request to said multiple copies in accordance with said referral sequence to obtain license authorization were said master license compliance program to fail to generate a grant access command in response to said request.