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

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <qetts7$65t$1 at dont-email.me>, Dave Froble
<davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes: 

> Do you have customer's who use VMS?
> 
> Do you provided services to those customers to enable them to continue 
> using VMS?
> 
> Do you write software that helps users continue to use VMS?
> 
> To me, any fo the above should qualify you for a "developer's license". 
> Perhaps not everyone will agree with that, but, anything that could 
> cause VSI to have support income, now or in the future, should be 
> supported by VSI.  Unless of course they feel they don't need any help.

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.)