[Info-vax] x86-64-based Superdomes on the way (says HP)

[JF Mezei]

Phillip Helbig---undress to reply wrote:

>> There might also be some contractual obligations to release the source
>> code should HP stop developping VMS so that thsoe major customers would
>> be able to fix their own bugs etc.
> 
> I'm not a legal expert, but I am pretty sure that this is not the case.  
> Has there ever been a similar case where this was the result?


Having source code held in trust with the customer gaining access to it
should the vendor cease to exist or cease to develop it is actually
fairly common.

Pretty sure that the military would have such contracts, especially when
you consider the number of changes in ownership with VMS and the
uncertainty about its future since the mid 1990s with many news outlets
declaring VMS dead.