Add FAQ entry for "What is a validator license"

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[ This issue was auto-migrated from DA's internal repo (DACH-NY/canton-network-node#12704). Original author: @meiersi-da ]

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stasge
5 hours ago
@wayne Collier
my second question about Validators. What is a validator license (I've heard this a few times)?

Itai Segall
5 hours ago
See here.
It's an on-ledger record of the validator being onboarded. Its most important usage ATM is to keep a record of the latest liveness award claimed by that validator.
ValidatorLicense.daml
-- Copyright (c) 2024 Digital Asset (Switzerland) GmbH and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
-- SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

module Splice.ValidatorLicense where

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Wayne Collier
5 hours ago
It’s the contract data record formed when a Validator joins the network using a Validator joining secret that they receive from their sponsoring SV. It lets the Validator rejoin without getting a new secret (edited)