[Info-vax] The VSI Hobbyist program is Live!

[Simon Clubley]

On 2020-07-29, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) <helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de> wrote:
> In article <rfrrqa$83b$3 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley
><clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes: 
>
>> The licence allows VSI to remotely connect to your systems to check
>> for compliance and to require you to make such access to VSI available
>> if they ask for it. It's the last part of 2a in the agreement.
>> 
>> I am _never_ going to agree to letting VSI management do that.
>
> Why not?
>

Because I don't believe that vendors should be allowed to look around
your own private systems. I object to Windows 10 telemetry for the
same reason.

Enforcing licences via PAKs and similar methods are extremely reasonable
steps for a vendor to take but not that.

Simon.

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