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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 7/29/2020 10:55 AM, abrsvc wrote:
> On Wednesday, 29 July 2020 10:42:23 UTC-4, Dave Froble  wrote:
>> On 7/29/2020 8:58 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>> The VSI terms appear to be very reasonable to me apart from one
>>> thing which is an absolute deal-breaker for me.
>>> 
>>> 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.
> 
> If you are going to object to a clause in the agreement, you should
> quote that clause accurately:
> 
> "You acknowledge that VSI may monitor your compliance with Use
> restrictions remotely or otherwise, and you agree to provide
> reasonable cooperation in connection therewith."
> 
> There is no indication that VSI will require connection to your
> system, only that they may require confirmation that you are not
> using it for commercial purposes.  In my case, VSI could not connect
> to any system since none are connected to the internet.  I don't have
> modems on my systems either.  I guess since I am local to VSI (45
> minutes or so), they may request to stop by, but I think that it is
> not likely.
> 
> I don't think that the possibility of verifying that the license is
> being used according to the agreement is an unreasonable request.

Many commercial software licenses allow for the vendor to do an
audit to ensure license compliance.

Totally standard and usually not a problem (rumors say that
a license audit from Oracle is not fun).

Arne