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

[Ian Miller]

On Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at 5:41:10 AM UTC+1, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> 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.)

" 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.