[Info-vax] A new suggestion to handle the temporary production licences problem

[Dave Froble]

On 6/2/2021 8:19 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2021-06-02, Jan-Erik Söderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> wrote:
>>
>> So no, I do not beleive in that solution.
>
> I don't think it's going to be viable either.
>
> Do you like or dislike any of the other proposed solutions Jan-Erik ?
>
> Do you have any ideas of your own ?
>
> This is something that should have been sorted out at the start 5 years
> ago instead of just sprung on the community last year. VSI were seriously
> wrong to suddenly change the ground rules in that way IMHO.
>
> Simon.
>

VSI mainly, I think, comes from the old way of doing things, large 
license fee up front.  I can see their confusion on how to move forward.

There are two issues here, and they are not very compatible.

1) Recurring support fees.

I think this is the way forward.  There can be multiple fees, such as an 
additional fee for something like cluster.  I don't agree with that, 
since it will inhibit the use of clusters.  Still, support should depend 
on usage.

2) VSI no longer around to issue new licenses.

No entity can take a route that might cause them to fail.  No ISVs can 
gamble on their work being for naught.  There must be a way forward for 
customers/users, regardless of whether VSI succeeds or fails.

Before license PAKs, there was still a license to use software.  It 
specified allowed usage.  This can still happen.

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