In the Release Notes for JUNOS 12 something for EX, there is an example of commit error when you use a protocol without a license and you cannot use it. I am missing the right link now but it stood out as it was the first time I saw it.
On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 12:32 AM, Mark Tinka <mark.ti...@seacom.mu> wrote: > On Friday, April 26, 2013 06:21:54 PM John pp wrote: > >> i have been told its an honor system however >> someone i know bought the license and it was just a piece >> of paper saying they could use it > > The rumour is that at some point in the future, Juniper will > add capability in newer release of code that physically > enforces these licenses in software/hardware. > > So while it could be just a paper/honour license today, it > might not be tomorrow, in which case you either don't > upgrade Junos or you buy the license. > > I generally don't like licenses (especially now when both > Cisco and Juniper are going stir-crazy with them in recent > years), but I really don't like the ones that don't make any > sense to me. With all my rumbling with the vendors, licenses > appear to be a "point of view" perpetuated by vendors that > are inspired by customers with "varying needs" and so few > boxes to meet them. > > Oh well... > > Mark. > > _______________________________________________ > juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp