When you buy a Cisco router, you own the aluminum, the fans, and the capacitors. But the code that makes it route? You are merely renting a permission state. The generator asserts a radical, illegal proposition: If the bits are on my disk, and my CPU can execute them, I have a natural right to flip that switch.
Are you using or the newer Smart Licensing system? Cisco License Generator
Cisco reserves the right to audit customer licensing compliance. Organizations not in compliance with their licensing agreements run the risk of "Cisco sending auditors to check licensing compliance, threaten legal action or render [their devices] geographically useless". When you buy a Cisco router, you own