Is using this legal in a commercial setting? Can I safely use this to set up a CAD server at the company I work at? And do I need a (paid) license from Nvidia?

[Istria1704]

Hey guys,

I can't find a conclusive answer whether using this is legal in commercial setting (at work)? From what I've been reading the last couple evenings, you can request a free 90 day trial period. But what happens after that? Does it stop working?
Are the alternative options I see online legal to use? Or should I fear for lawsuits or settlement offers from Nvidia if I use vGPU without paying for the license?

In short, I'd like to setup 2 PC's at work (with 1 GPU each) with Proxmox and 2 Windows VM's each that can use the GPU on the host for CAD software via RDP. So 4 VM's in total using 2 GPUs.

Should I just abandon this idea now and just buy 2 more cheap GPU's (the CAD software runs more than fine on an old GTX730) and use regular passthrough to each VM? It seems the Nvidia vGPU licenses are much more expensive than just getting 2 more GTX730s or similar. And even with paying for the license, could they still come after our company for using the vGPU-unlock?

Thanks!

[kcinickgx]

what you mean legal? using a cracked version to use a card you're not supposed to, and not paying the license to nvidia? i don't think it would be legal, can you do it? of course you can, i don't think nvidia is gonna be going banging on your door