[Info-vax] Does the HPE hobbyist program still exist ?, was: Re: VSI OpenVMS Hobbyist Program Announced.

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 6/28/2019 5:28 AM, Ian Miller wrote:
> On Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at 5:41:10 AM UTC+1, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>> Yes, a developer's license is a good idea, though the line between
>> development and other commercial use might be fuzzy.
>>
>> Note that the Oracle developer's license is for people who are
>> developing a commercial application, but one which does not (yet)
>> generate money.  (It is a license in the legal, not technical, sense.)
> 
> " though the line between development and other commercial use might be fuzzy. " - this has always been the the issue with this sort of license program.

Actually I don't think Oracle's terms is that unclear.

https://www.oracle.com/downloads/licenses/wls-dev-license.html

<quote>
License Rights

We grant you a nonexclusive, nontransferable limited license to use the 
Programs only for the purpose of developing, testing (including Unit 
Testing with production data), prototyping and demonstrating your 
application(s), and not for any other purpose. This license permits you 
to allow each of Your Developers to deploy the Programs on one Developer 
Desktop Computer. You may not use the Programs in a Shared Development 
Environment. For deployment of the application(s) you develop under this 
license for any internal data processing or for any commercial or 
production purposes, or if you want to use the Programs for any purpose 
other than as permitted under this agreement, you must first obtain a 
production release version of the Programs by contacting us or an Oracle 
reseller to obtain the appropriate license. You may continue to develop, 
test, prototype and demonstrate your application(s) with the Programs 
under this license after you have deployed the application(s) for any 
internal data processing, commercial or production purposes (subject to 
the requirement to procure a production release version of the Programs 
as described in the preceding sentence). You acknowledge that we may not 
produce a production release version of the program and any development 
efforts undertaken by you are at your own risk. We may audit your use of 
the Programs. Program documentation, if available, may be accessed 
online at https://docs.oracle.com/en/. We reserve all rights not 
expressly granted in this agreement.
</quote>

"license to use the Programs only for the purpose of developing, testing 
(including Unit Testing with production data), prototyping and 
demonstrating your application(s)"

"For deployment of the application(s) you develop under this license for 
any internal data processing or for any commercial or production 
purposes, ... , you must first obtain a production release version of 
the Programs by contacting us or an Oracle reseller to obtain the 
appropriate license"

"You may continue to develop, test, prototype and demonstrate your 
application(s) with the Programs under this license after you have 
deployed the application(s) for any internal data processing, commercial 
or production purposes"

Arne