[Info-vax] VSI Subscription Licensing Exchanges

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <s8jhon$1c4i$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?=
<arne at vajhoej.dk> 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.

Presumably if a license for 5 years costs X, then when buying another 
one which has a four-year overlap one would pay only X/5.