[Info-vax] Use of media with licenses

[Bob Koehler]

In article <nvubsb$5fc$1 at news.kjsl.com>, helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de (Phillip Helbig (undress to reply)) writes:
> In article <8nZXVshHoYXc at eisner.encompasserve.org>,
> koehler at eisner.nospam.decuserve.org (Bob Koehler) writes: 
> 
>> > If you have a BRAND NEW OpenVMS 8.4 base License and no media, is it 
>> > legal to use someone else's media (cd's dvd)?
>> 
>>    The answer has varied over time.  At one time DEC said no.  For the
>>    hobbyust program, the answer has always been yes, IIRC.
> 
> That's what I was referring to.
> 
> On the other hand, paying customers with thousands of machines and 
> licenses usually didn't buy (never bought?) one set of media per 
> machine.

   Paying customers with 8 VAX 11/780, Two DECSYSTEM 20, and two PDP-11
   didn't buy multiple copies of VMS, TOPS-20, or RSX-11M.