The Smartsite.Licensing.config file does not contain the literalscopeparameter xml element.

Within a default (license) configuration, this element shouldn't be needed and it would suffice to just provide a valid licensehost and productid.

However, when this error occurs it means the Smartsite.Licensing.config contains the scopeparametertype xml element and it has been set to custom. In that case, the licensing config should also contain an literalscopeparameter xml element.