"I don't know," he said. "Maybe it was a glitch."

He double-clicked. A command prompt flashed, then spat out a string:

GLV3-9F2A-7D4C-1B8E-0F3A

He swore under his breath. The pipeline redesign for the Kharagpur refinery was due in six hours. Every valve, every stress point, every flange existed inside that Glovius model. Without the license, the software was a digital corpse.

Key — Glovius License

"I don't know," he said. "Maybe it was a glitch."

He double-clicked. A command prompt flashed, then spat out a string:

GLV3-9F2A-7D4C-1B8E-0F3A

He swore under his breath. The pipeline redesign for the Kharagpur refinery was due in six hours. Every valve, every stress point, every flange existed inside that Glovius model. Without the license, the software was a digital corpse.