You need them if you really want to be secure from DDOS… well with knowledge of HTTP2 DOS is enought… :-)

This is the most ridiculous thing I read in the last year…no wait……… yes it is…

Beside the obvious alternatives I understand the move. However it would also have been possible to forbid the installation of that particular license on commercially sold hardware under thread of a fine…

I really hope you get a warning for the behaviour… you are endangering the company and explicity circumvent policies… this is not OK.

Do this on your own equipment, not behind a company firewall.