Do not start with an expired license when running the CLI

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Do not start with an expired license when running the CLI.
In the case of GUI, a watermark appears in the preview in case of an expired license (or error), but in the case of CLI, the process continues without any action, which can be a waste of time.

For example, how about adding the following options to the filter.

   licence           <int>        ..FV....... Run with watermark if no license (from 0 to 1) (default 0)

In the GUI, set license=1 to execute with watermark, and in the CLI, set license=0 (or do not set) to stop execution when the license expires.

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I agree that anything would be better than just going ahead with the watermark in the CLI. A warning in the console, as a minimum. The option to bail if in trial mode, would be better.
The people who use the CLI are not the same people that check to see how the current job is looking. Meaning, they won’t find out it’s been watermarked until it’s done, one hundred percent of the time.

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