Upcoming Changes to Unraid OS Pricing
Upcoming changes to Unraid OS pricing and some FAQs are answered in this blog.
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According to our VMWare / Broadcom tech rep the new licenses are NOT „self destroying“. They will continue to work, you just don’t get updates and you will break the licensing agreement (no glue if and how they plan on auditing…).Unraid is still "pay once unless you want continuing support", which is exactly like the old VMware model (at least for the services I use).
Broadcom's new VMware licensing seems to imply that your VMware services (ESX, vCenter, etc.) will stop working if you stop paying.