Verifying a license
For Saxon on the Java platform, to verify your license you can use one of the following simple commands, which will return various information from the license (including the Saxon edition covered, name of the licensee, date issued, etc.).
For Saxon-PE:
java -cp saxon9pe.jar com.saxonica.config.Verifier saxon-license.licSimilarly, for Saxon-EE:
java -cp saxon9ee.jar com.saxonica.config.Verifier saxon-license.lic