The open-source Saxon-HE product does not require any license key. For Saxon-PE and Saxon-EE, however, you need to obtain a license key from Saxonica. You can order a free license key for a 30-day evaluation, or purchase an unrestricted license key from the Saxonica web site.
Since Saxon 9.2 license keys are compatible between the Java and .NET platforms.
The license key will arrive in the form of a file named saxon-license.lic attached
to an email message. You need to copy the file into the /bin directory containing the Saxon
DLLs.
So that Saxon can find the license key, you need to set the environment variable SAXON_HOME
to the directory where Saxon is installed: for example set SAXON_HOME=c:\saxon.
If you acquire Saxon-PE or Saxon-EE as a component of an application with which it has been integrated, the application may activate the software automatically using an OEM license key. In this case you do not need to acquire an individual license key of your own.
