This discussion has been going on for a while and it begs the question. How many people/companies DR are their Alternate/DR-CBU facility?
Steve -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Porowski, Kenneth Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 2:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Vendor Licensing Frustrations How about ... One license key for the 'production use' with a 30 day grace period on the licensed CEC(S). One license key good for 30 days that will work on any CEC (no specific start or end date) It gives the vendor a guarantee that a licensed customer does not run for more than 30-60 days unlicensed. It gives the customer the freedom to run DR tests or true DR for up to 30 days before having to contact the vendor. Holding a customer hostage for contract renewal is not advantageous for the customer or vendor. This email message and any accompanying materials may contain proprietary, privileged and confidential information of CIT Group Inc. or its subsidiaries or affiliates (collectively, “CIT”), and are intended solely for the recipient(s) named above. 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Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 3:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] Vendor Licensing Frustrations W dniu 2017-04-21 o 16:20, Wendell Lovewell pisze: > I work for a vendor, so I understand the necessity of making sure that > licensed products are used properly. But I also understand the inconvenience > for both the customer and the vendor of managing software keys. > > I’m wondering what the list’s response would be toward implementing a system > that automatically managed the keys by allowing the software to “phone home” > to update them. My thoughts are that each time the software was started, and > perhaps periodically, it would report its own key (to identify the customer), > CPU id, MSU and/or whatever licensing metric was used. If a verification > response could not be obtained, either because of license expiration or > communication errors, a grace period of “n” days would be allowed. > > There would obviously be encryption, high availability, and possibly even > customer firewall considerations. But it seems like a fair trade to me. > Opinions? [my €0.02] We all understand licenses should be paid, not stolen, IMHO that's obvious. A little bit less obvious is the need of license enforcement, especially there are companies (IBM) which do not use enforcement. However I think, the most of us agree the need is justfied by the real life cases. Regarding the "call home" method - I DONT LIKE IT! Really, that's not good idea to enforce Internet connection just to perform such an action. I would agree for HMC to communicate, however I have no idea whether it's possible. Can BCPii be enhanced used for such purposse? That would be preferrable to use IBM call home site as the hub. ISV's shoudl communicate to IBM, instead of customer. Too complex IMHO. More practical approach: the product periodically or just by demand create some token. Admin sends the token using copy-paste and e-mail or webservice. The he gets some response (again, numerical token) which should be put into the product in order to elongate licence period. I should be required once a quarter or less frequently, it should be able to be performed just today, because tomorron I start my holiday, etc. Last, but not least: I wish I had same way of licensing enforcement for all products. Regards -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland ====================================================================== -- Treść tej wiadomości może zawierać informacje prawnie chronione Banku przeznaczone wyłącznie do użytku służbowego adresata. Odbiorcą może być jedynie jej adresat z wyłączeniem dostępu osób trzecich. 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