System and method for exporting license

A license exporting method, comprising:

• determining that a license is permitted to be exported to a system that a target device belongs to according to an identifier in attribute information of the license, wherein the identifier defines the range of destination systems to which the license is exported is provided;
• and
• exporting the license to a target device.

A communication system, comprising:

• a first device adapted to determine whether a license stored in the device is permitted to be exported to a system that a target device belongs to and whether an export permission in the license is permitted to be exported, and to export the license to the target device upon determining that the license is permitted to be exported to the system that the target device belongs to and that the export permission in the license is permitted to be exported;
• and
• the target device adapted to receive the license.