[Info-vax] VSI Subscription Licensing Exchanges

[Dave Froble]

On 5/25/2021 3:04 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> 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.

If not "illegal", then what would you call ruining someone's business?


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