How does "activation" work?

Kenward wrote:

We are gradually extracting from the X1 team details of how this process works. Sadly, the Help file is mute on the topic of "activation", so we have to guess what might happen in certain circumstances. (There is something on activating, but that only came up when I searched for "Internet", and that item makes no mention of needing regular Internet access after installation.)

How about this one?

I go away for two weeks holiday. What happens when I get home and fire up my PC?

In the below, right now the “time period” is 5 days. We are looking into extending that as I have mentioned several times.

What happens if…
1.… I lose internet connectivity for 4 hours. A: Nothing – everything works as expected
2.… I lose internet connectivity for 4 days. A: Nothing – everything works as expected
3.…I have spotty internet, but am able to get a signal here and there every few days. A: Nothing – everything works as expected
4.…I go on vacation and leave my home computer turned off for 3 weeks and fire it up when I get back A: Nothing – everything works as expected. X1 doesn’t HAVE to phone home every “time period”. If it can contact the internet when you restart it, all is fine.
5.…I go on vacation and leave my home computer turned on for 3 weeks A: Nothing – everything works as expected, other than a higher energy bill. X1 will continue to function.
6.…I go on vacation for 3 weeks and take my computer with me. A: Nothing – as long as you can get an internet connection every now and then.
7.…I go on vacation for 3 weeks to a remote desert island and take my computer with me. A: X1 will stop functioning if it can’t get an internet connection at least once within a “time period.” Once you get an internet connection, X1 will re-function as usual. There is no deletion of the program, or loss of index.

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