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

[Dave Froble]

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:
>> 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.
>

I for one do not see anything fuzzy about the "line".

Users have a job to do, and that job does not do anything for the OS 
vendors, other than provide a customer.

Developers enable users to be a customer of the OS (and app) vendors.

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