Ironclad notification of license errors

A telecommunication system comprising a computational component, the computational component operating in a first licensing mode, comprising:

• a license manager operable to identify the occurrence of a predetermined licensing event;
• and
• a mode setting agent operable to notify a user of the predetermined licensing event and determine whether or not the user acknowledges receipt of the notice within a selected time period, wherein, when the user fails to acknowledge receipt of the notice within the selected time period, the mode setting agent is operable to cause the computational component to operate in a second licensing mode, and, when the user acknowledges receipt of the notice within the selected time period, the mode setting agent is operable to cause the computational component to operate in a third licensing mode, wherein the first, second, and third licensing modes provide for a first, second, and third sets of operations, respectively, and wherein the first and third sets of operations differ from the second set of operations.