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# Licensing

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Click [Here ](/license-option.md)to get details about RECOGNITO license option

[License Option](/license-option.md)
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## Get your HWID (Hardware ID)

To activate SDK, you have to first get your Hardware ID by using the [get\_device\_id ](broken://pages/UjLSzanLgbpi9IbNPkTi#get_device_id)function.

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## Request License

After getting HWID, share it with us for license key.

[**Contact us**](/contact-and-support.md)

## Activate SDK

[Activate ](/id-document-recognition-sdk/integration-guide/linux/api-reference.md#set_activation)the SDK with license key. Should be called before using of any other functions.

```python
set_activation(offline_key.encode('utf-8')).decode('utf-8')
```