Hi there,
I hope to find some clarification regarding the EULA of VMware ESXi Installable (new free version).
The EULA says:
" (ii) use the Software and each Licensed Additional Module solely for
information processing and computing purposes, including the hosting of
computer application-based services from a Virtual Machine and
provision of such services via an internal or external network,
provided such services may not consist of services to a third party
that provide primarily computing or processing power (such as utility
computing or grid computing) or any computer application-based service
that is traded, rented, leased or sold on a Virtual Machine basis;"
To be honest, there's some confusion and different interpretations of this excerpt in various discussion forums. As far as I understand that, VMware ESXi Installable shall not be resold/rented out for pure processing power (two examples given in the EULA), because it would be quite pointless to use VMs instead of pure hardware nodes in such a scenario 
But what about the second part: "computer application-based service ... on a Virtual Machine basis"?
Can an expert clarify it with some examples, please?
Which of these examples here are not allowed?
using ESXi VMs as so-called VPS and sell/rent them to customers?
running services within a VM and selling/renting the service only (which also could run on a dedicated machine) -- example: monitoring service, email services whatever
creating a VM with a custom made application and selling the VM physically to customers, who then use that VM on their machines (VMware Player, Server, ESX whatever)
Thanks in advance for your help!