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> > Bottom line, VisionFS will only run the users licensed for the OS.
> > More than that and it, well--doesnt!
> 
> I'd dare to disagree here; I've just talked to a collegue of
> mine and he was able to confirm my "memories" in that VisionFS
> allows you to set two different licensing schemes. The "hard"
> one acts as you experienced (it allows a number of connections
> as indicated by the number of users licensed for the OS) while
> the "soft" one allows more users but it warns the administrator
> (via Email) that the number of allowed licenses has exceeded.
> 
> I can't take you straight to the option which allows this setting
> (it's Friday and my memory does not have enaugh refresh cycles
> to keep its contents updated :-) but I seem to remember you could
> use a Windows based tools (like profedit, was it licmgr ?) to change
> the default behavior.

We want to be legal, and I will look into it...

I just re-read the PDF and the licensing section.  

I stand corrected.

Thank you for the information. 

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