In a word, no.
Software and drivers included with ArcaOS and not distributed separately (either freely available from Arca Noae or provided as part of a non-ArcaOS subscription) are not licensed for use on, supported when installed on, nor have they been tested on other operating systems. In short, once you break the terms of the ArcaOS licensing agreement, you are on your own.
An excellent example of this is Arca Noae SNAP included with ArcaOS. This is not a free upgrade to SciTech SNAP/se installed with eComStation, nor is it an upgrade for SciTech SNAP Professional. While Arca Noae SNAP as included with ArcaOS has been updated, it has only been tested with ArcaOS, and is only licensed for use with ArcaOS. Installing Arca Noae SNAP from the ArcaOS installation media on any non-ArcaOS system is a direct violation of the ArcaOS licensing agreement, and Arca Noae will not provide any technical support for such installations, even when the ArcaOS license itself was legally obtained and when the ArcaOS license is not in use (ArcaOS itself has not been installed).
Arca Noae engineers are monitoring the responses by hardware manufacturers and other operating system vendors. The current status of our analysis and official policy statement is reported in this blog post (which will be updated as necessary).
Additional information and links regarding these security concerns may be found in that post, as well.
If you elect not to renew your ArcaOS Support & Maintenance subscription, the following changes occur in your account:
- Your ArcaOS Download Center, accessed through your customer portal, will no longer have downloads available. Any updates or interim enhancements released in this manner will no longer be accessible.
- Subscription-only content available from the relevant Arca Noae subscription repository/ies will no longer be accessible (your credentials will no longer work to authenticate).
- Your original ISO download will no longer be accessible. We recommend you maintain an archive of your downloaded content—including the last ISO available during your subscription term—prior to subscription expiration.
- Access to the Mantis bug tracker to open new issues, report on existing issues, or as a knowledgebase of reference material will no longer be available.
As mentioned elsewhere in this FAQ, a subscription is not an entitlement. When it expires, all privileges associated with it expire.
Should you choose to renew your subscription within six months of expiration, you may do so for the normal renewal price. This will extend your subscription term until the next (normal) anniversary. So, if the subscription expires June 30 and it is not renewed until December 15, the renewal will extend the subscription term until June 30 of the following year.
Late renewals are also possible (after a 6-month lapse), but are subject to a reinstatement fee. A late renewal includes one full year of subscription coverage from the date purchased.
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