[Info-vax] VSI Subscription Licensing Exchanges

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <s8jeuu$air$2 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley
<clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes: 

> Arne has suggested paying for additional years up front (and therefore
> getting those licences early as a result).

How would that actually work?  Presumably the goal is to have, say, 5 
years after VSI goes bust to sort out some sort of alternative, and 
presumably VSI doesn't want to sell licenses with no expiration because 
they would rather have a steady revenue stream.  Just having it expire 
after 5 years wouldn't work if VSI goes bust after 4œ years.  Perhaps 
one could buy a 5-year license every year.  However, that would mean 
that a customer would then have several valid licenses, and apparently 
VSI is also concerned about too many licenses being in circulation.  
(Unloading and deleting the old one won't cut it, since people have 
backups.)