: Broadcom officially discontinued all perpetual licenses. Any "perpetual key" found on GitHub for version 9 is likely fake or for an older version that will not be accepted by the ESXi 9.0 installer. Risks of Using GitHub License Keys

Instead of chasing illegal keys, consider these genuinely better approaches:

Public repositories containing pirated license keys violate GitHub’s Terms of Service. Broadcom (which acquired VMware) actively monitors these platforms. As a result: