[Info-vax] [Attn: HP Employees] PDP-11 OS hobbyist licensing

[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

In article <524cc113$0$59876$c3e8da3$e074e489 at news.astraweb.com>, JF
Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes: 

> But if HP does not respond, and the party can show due diligence and
> multiple attempts to get an answer from HP, a judge will have to use
> something called "judgement" (that is what judges are there for :-).
> The argument that HP has abandonned claims of ownership through lack of
> response becomes important.

> Making the source of the PDP11 operating systems public will not deprive
> anyone of revenues and if any, might in fact generate puzz/pbhlicity for
> those old machines and increase chances that XX2247 might increase its
> revenues from it.

I think you seriously misunderstand the entire concept.  If HP owns the 
copyright, and HP decides not to respond, this does not weaken their 
claim to copyright.