[Info-vax] VSI Subscription Licensing Exchanges

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 5/25/21 5:04 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> 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?
> 
> 

Poor planning on the business's part.

bill