1. A computer-implemented method comprising: in response to receiving a plurality of requests to access a plurality of templates using a software application, wherein the plurality of templates is used to render documents, providing the access to the plurality of templates via the software application; subsequent to providing the access to the plurality of templates via the software application, performing a delayed license validation of the software application by determining, at a processor of a computing device, whether licenses are required for the access to the plurality of templates via the software application, wherein a license is required when a substantive modification is made to a template; and determining whether a number of licenses required for the access to the plurality of templates via the software application exceeds an allowed number of licenses for the software application, wherein: if the number of licenses required for the access to the plurality of templates via the software application exceeds the allowed number of licenses for the software application, a subsequent template access request is denied, and if the number of licenses required for the access to the plurality of templates via the software application does not exceed the allowed number of licenses for the software application, the subsequent template access request is allowed.