[Info-vax] Alpha Community licenes.

[Robert A. Brooks]

On 9/14/2022 1:58 PM, Single Stage to Orbit wrote:
> On Wed, 2022-09-14 at 15:16 +0200, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
>> Hi.
>>
>> Just got a mail with a link to:
>>
>> "Community license for Alpha servers, valid until September 2023".
>>
>> Downloaded a COM file LMF commands for ALPHA-SYSTEM and ALPHA-LP.
>>
>> They could name the file xxx_COM.TXT instead of xxx.COM so
>> that Windows doesn't think it is an executable COM file...
> 
> I just got mine.
> 
> Unfortunately I tihnk someone has got the licences wrong. Last year's
> licence was authorised for HOBBYIST, the I got this year is authorised
> for "EVAL".
> 
> /AUTHORIZATION=HOBY-VSICOMMUNITY-XXCENSOREDXX
> vs.
> /AUTHORIZATION=EVAL-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
> 
> Is that correct or is it plain wrong?

If the license loads and the products run, it's correct.

I don't know why authorization string would have changed, but as
long as it's good for a year, it really does not matter.

My *guess* is that the same process is being used for the hobby generation as it
is for potential customers receiving short-term (30/60 day) time-limited licenses.

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                    --- Rob