Regardless of what the specific item is, AFAIK, "Free trial period", historically means, that after the trial period, either you pay for it, or send it back.
proprietary systems during a free trial period [...]
Looks like IPF FBs have their blinders on.
Looks like some 'droids have problems reading and/or logical comprehension. What happens when the system evaluation period is up? The client either has to buy the machine or return it. That is not a freebie, that is a common sales practice in the high end computing market.