Update InSpec 7 licensing documentation#74
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Updates the InSpec 7 licensing documentation to reflect the updated licensing model, including download-based enforcement and clarification around official and non-official distribution channels.
Updated licensing explanation to avoid "license enforcement" terminology and removed Infra Client workflow examples that are not relevant to InSpec.
Signed-off-by: Ian Maddaus <ian.maddaus@progress.com>
Signed-off-by: Ian Maddaus <ian.maddaus@progress.com>
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* Update InSpec 7 licensing documentation Updates the InSpec 7 licensing documentation to reflect the updated licensing model, including download-based enforcement and clarification around official and non-official distribution channels. * Address review feedback on licensing documentation Updated licensing explanation to avoid "license enforcement" terminology and removed Infra Client workflow examples that are not relevant to InSpec. * Minor fixes * Reorganize and clarify license text --------- (cherry picked from commit 3898763) Signed-off-by: Ian Maddaus <ian.maddaus@progress.com> Co-authored-by: Kushal S J <kushalj@progress.com> Co-authored-by: Ian Maddaus <ian.maddaus@progress.com>
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* Update InSpec 7 licensing documentation Updates the InSpec 7 licensing documentation to reflect the updated licensing model, including download-based enforcement and clarification around official and non-official distribution channels. * Address review feedback on licensing documentation Updated licensing explanation to avoid "license enforcement" terminology and removed Infra Client workflow examples that are not relevant to InSpec. * Minor fixes * Reorganize and clarify license text --------- (cherry picked from commit 3898763) Signed-off-by: Ian Maddaus <ian.maddaus@progress.com> Co-authored-by: Kushal S J <kushalj@progress.com> Co-authored-by: Ian Maddaus <ian.maddaus@progress.com>
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Updates the InSpec 7 licensing documentation to reflect the updated licensing model introduced for Progress Chef products.
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This change updates the licensing explanation in the InSpec documentation to reflect the current licensing behavior. The previous text described licensing based only on distribution type (Habitat package vs Ruby gem).
The updated section clarifies that:
knife bootstrapandkitchen converge) may require a license if the binaries are retrieved from Chef APIs.Chef InSpec versions
InSpec 7
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