[Info-vax] Anyone interested in another public access system

[bradhamilton]

Dennis Boone wrote:
[...]
> I was of the impression, based on the link from the SimH site,
> that there was a hobbyist license.  The above-linked OTN page (which
> appears to be the same one the link from the SimH page now reaches)
> offers a license for limited term trial use of the software.  I have
> trouble seeing how the OTN license is compatible with hobbyist use
> of the product.  And it specifically prohibits providing access to
> third parties, which was the original question.
> 
> So is there any more a hobbyist license distinct from the OTN one?

I hadn't used that link in a number of years, until this thread came 
up.  Perhaps the license terms have changed in the interim.

I'll note in Bob Supnik's defense that the page with the Vax/RDB link 
states that some of the software kits come with licenses restricting 
their use.  That would certainly cover the current state of the OTN 
license.

Richard had asked (in another thread?) for software licensing to 
prototype an application - the OTN license would (broadly) meet that 
requirement.  It certainly seems more restrictive than the hobbyist 
license, but I haven't looked closely at that license in a while.

Short answer - no, probably not...