[Info-vax] Hobbyist license expiration

[johnhreinhardt at yahoo.com]

On Jan 30, 2:14 am, glen herrmannsfeldt <g... at ugcs.caltech.edu> wrote:
> I just renewed my VAX licenses and got new Integrity licenses.
>
> I notice that they expire on May 3rd, 2009, though I thought
> that they were supposed to last for one year.
>
> Also, it seems to request a serial number for the VAX but
> not for the Integrity.  Is VAX licensing supposed to be
> more secure?
>
> -- glen

That expiration date must be stored for your DECUS id somehow.  From
what I can tell, the setup is if you request a license within a weeks
or so of your expiration date, then it goes out a full year plus a
couple weeks.  If you request a lices before that, then they get
issued with the old expiration date.  For example:  I got my renewal
licenses in December 2008 - 2 days before expiration and the new date
is Dec 2009.  during the summer of 2008 I got a license for an
Integrity system and the expiration was the same as my others - Dec
2008

As for the serial number, I've noticed that since the last re-write to
add Integrity systems, none of the PAKS have the hardware info in them
any more.  Hoff and Dave would know why, I suppose.  Maybe they
decided it just wasn't needed or the serial #'s are too much trouble.

  John H. Reinhardt