AWS marketplace documentation change
Summary
Extended maximum contract duration for SaaS contracts from 60 to 144 months and for AMI contracts from 60 to 144 months; extended AMI hourly with annual duration from 3 to 12 years.
Security assessment
The changes only extend contractual duration limits for commercial offerings without mentioning security vulnerabilities, controls, or risks. No security implications are evident from the increased contract terms.
Diff
diff --git a/marketplace/latest/buyerguide/buyer-private-offers-types.md b/marketplace/latest/buyerguide/buyer-private-offers-types.md index d35d3841c..b2f0c4594 100644 --- a//marketplace/latest/buyerguide/buyer-private-offers-types.md +++ b//marketplace/latest/buyerguide/buyer-private-offers-types.md @@ -14 +14 @@ Data products | For more information, see [Accepting a Private Offer](https://d -SaaS contract | With a software as a service (SaaS) contract, you can commit to upfront payment for your expected usage of a SaaS product, or negotiate a flexible payment schedule with the seller. Contract durations are one-month, one-year, two-year, or three-year terms, or select a custom duration in months, up to 60 months. If you commit to an upfront payment, you are billed in advance for the use of the product software. If the seller offers a flexible payment schedule, you are billed along the payment schedule dates at the amounts listed on the private offer. The seller may also include negotiated pay-as-you-go pricing for usage above your contracted usage. +SaaS contract | With a software as a service (SaaS) contract, you can commit to upfront payment for your expected usage of a SaaS product, or negotiate a flexible payment schedule with the seller. Contract durations are one-month, one-year, two-year, or three-year terms, or select a custom duration in months, up to 144 months. If you commit to an upfront payment, you are billed in advance for the use of the product software. If the seller offers a flexible payment schedule, you are billed along the payment schedule dates at the amounts listed on the private offer. The seller may also include negotiated pay-as-you-go pricing for usage above your contracted usage. @@ -17,2 +17,2 @@ AMI hourly | With Amazon Machine Image (AMI) hourly, you negotiate an hourly ra -AMI hourly with annual | With AMI hourly with annual, you negotiate the hourly and long-term pricing per instance type. The long-term pricing is for the duration of the private offer, which can be between 1 day and 3 years. If the seller creates a private offer without a flexible payment schedule, you can run Amazon EC2 instances at the hourly price determined in the private offer and optionally purchase upfront commitments for the duration of the contract at the long-term price set in the private offer. If the seller creates a private offer with a flexible payment schedule, you are billed with the payment schedule dates for the amounts listed on the private offer regardless of usage. In this type of private offer, the seller can include a number of Amazon EC2 instances per instance type that you can run without being charged the hourly price. Any usage above what is included is then charged at the hourly price set in the private offer. -AMI contract | With AMI contracts, you negotiate a contract price and the duration of the contract, which can be between 1 and 60 months. If the seller creates a private offer without a flexible payment schedule, at the time of acceptance, you can configure the contract according to the price and options set in the private offer. If the seller creates a private offer with a flexible payment schedule, you are billed with the payment schedule dates at the amounts listed on the private offer. In this type of private offer, the seller configures the contract in the private offer and it can't be configured at the time of acceptance. +AMI hourly with annual | With AMI hourly with annual, you negotiate the hourly and long-term pricing per instance type. The long-term pricing is for the duration of the private offer, which can be between 1 day and 12 years. If the seller creates a private offer without a flexible payment schedule, you can run Amazon EC2 instances at the hourly price determined in the private offer and optionally purchase upfront commitments for the duration of the contract at the long-term price set in the private offer. If the seller creates a private offer with a flexible payment schedule, you are billed with the payment schedule dates for the amounts listed on the private offer regardless of usage. In this type of private offer, the seller can include a number of Amazon EC2 instances per instance type that you can run without being charged the hourly price. Any usage above what is included is then charged at the hourly price set in the private offer. +AMI contract | With AMI contracts, you negotiate a contract price and the duration of the contract, which can be between 1 and 144 months. If the seller creates a private offer without a flexible payment schedule, at the time of acceptance, you can configure the contract according to the price and options set in the private offer. If the seller creates a private offer with a flexible payment schedule, you are billed with the payment schedule dates at the amounts listed on the private offer. In this type of private offer, the seller configures the contract in the private offer and it can't be configured at the time of acceptance.