[Info-vax] VSI software

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <rgnc8k$l3s$1 at dont-email.me>, "John H. Reinhardt" <johnhreinhardt at thereinhardts.org> writes:
> >>> This means that if you want to cluster a dozen computers, you will likely
> >>> need a dozen licenses.
> >>
> >> Considering how few hobbyists will want to run that large a cluster
> >> and how small a fraction of the total work requesting a license
> >> per node will be, then I don't really see that as a big problem.
> > 
> > Indeed, assuming that one hobbyist can have more than one community
> > license.  Not a problem with the old hobbyist licenses.

> And as I
> recall if you tried to cluster the LMF would complain on Hobbyist PAKs
> unless you specified which node they belonged to.  

Is that something different than LICENSE/INCLUDE?

> I may be mistaken on
> that, but it's my recollection.  When HP/HPE took over they removed the
> serial number blank and said just get one per platform.  The licenses
> were generated such that they worked on multiple systems even in a
> VMScluster.  

Yes, the newer licenses didn't have /INCLUDE, and IIRC one per cluster 
was enough.

But /INCLUDE is not hobby-license-specific.

> The VSI application makes no allowances for requesting more
> than one license per platform (Alpha/Integrity) and other than the line
> in the EULA, makes no implication that the license cannot be shared on
> multiple machines of the same platform.

We'll see.