[Info-vax] vax vms licenses

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <t4ek6e$a0e$1 at gioia.aioe.org>,
helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de (Phillip Helbig (undress to reply))
writes: 

> In article <t4ejjt$orl$1 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley
> <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes: 
> 
> > On 2022-04-28, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) <helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de> wrote:
> > >
> > > Why not some sort of escrow setup?  VSI creates for each customer a 
> > > non-expiring license and deposits it with a notary or whatever.  The 
> > > license comes with paperwork describing how to access that license 
> > > should VSI stop producing licenses.  According to VSI, there is no real 
> > > danger, so that would never come to pass.  Even if it did, only if VSI 
> > > ceases to exist, so no loss to VSI.  Potentially many customers who 
> > > would otherwise leave VMS and thus VSI, and perhaps even some new 
> > > customers.
> > >
> > 
> > I suggested that in detail here in COV.
> > 
> > IIRC, the French people suggested it to VSI and VSI rejected the idea
> > outright.
> 
> Right.  The question is what VSI's justification is.

If the lack of perpetual licenses is a potential show-stopper for me as
a hobbyist, it must be even more so for many commercial customers.  I am
still amazed that VSI is insisting on the subscription model as opposed
to non-expiring licenses.  I would have no problem with VSI stipulating
that an annual fee has to be paid in order to legally use VMS as long as
VSI exists; the problem is the fear that VSI might go away.