Announcement: Online license state policy enforcement updates

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Announcement: Online license state policy enforcement updates

NOTE! This is an important policy update that can potentially affect all uncommitted Genius Vision online license. If you have uncommitted Genius Vision online license, you may NEED TO TAKE ACTIONS. If you don't have uncommitted Genius Vision online license, this policy update does not affect you in anyway. This also does not affect subscription license.

Genius Vision online licensing mechanism provides users with flexibility to manage software licenses. The license can be in one of the two states: "online" or "offline (committed)". As stated in System Maintenance Manual, the "online state" of license, albeit offers flexibility to transfer among different computers, is merely meant to be a provisional measure for a limited period of time (which is 12 months). However, some users have become confused about this concept and take "online state" of license as a permanent measure.

We already stated in the manual that this practice, that to "use online state as a permanent measure", is incorrect for several reasons, including that "one shouldn't allow a formal security system to rely on an external server in order to operate normally". Once system is up and running in production mode, you should commit the license, and this should be a norm without doubt to all security system installers. Also, as a commercially reasonable thinking, Genius Vision has no responsibility to keep the license record forever. We only keep the license record long enough for users to verify the production system is ready, which is 12 months. For the "permanent license" to work, users need to assume the responsibility by comitting the license to their own systems, therefore detach from Genius Vision's control.

This announcement is intended to address this issue and to enforce the "online state" rules, in conjunction with license purchase terms as follows:

For newly purchased license

Starting from July 1st, 2017, all purchased licensed will be imposed an "12 months limit" (since purchase date) of period of "online availability". Users should use and commit the license before the one year deadline, otherwise the license will expire and can no longer be used.

For already purchased but uncommitted license

For all license purchased prior to this July 1st, 2017, an expiration date of "24 months limit" after purchase date will be imposed. This imposition will be implemented in Oct 1st, 2017. If your license is purchased 2 years ago without installing or committing, they will be rendered useless after this implementation date. Please install and commit those license as soon as possible, if any.

For already committed license

This policy update will not affect you in anyway.