To provide a software distribution method, an information processing apparatus, and an information processing system, capable of generating setting information for configuring a setting according to a user for a parameter necessary to implement predetermined software on the basis of authentication information of the user and for distributing it to the user.

A distribution server 1 receives authentication information obtained from an IC card reader 69 (or 79, 89) of a client PC 6 (or 7, 8) and authenticated by an authentication server 2 and includes setting information based on the received authentication information in an installer of a device driver associated with an image formation unit of a MFP3 (or 4), thereby generating a custom installer of the device driver and distributing the generated custom installer to a user to be authenticated by the authentication information.