[Info-vax] VSI Subscription Licensing Exchanges

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 5/25/2021 2:29 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> 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.

Yes - the idea was a rolling 5 year license.

>                                            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.)

You have a license 21-25 for node A and you receive a license
22-26 for node A.

Yes - the 21-25 license could be installed on node B. But
so could the 22-26 license. Both would be illegal.

Arne