[Info-vax] State of the OpenVMS hobbyist program?

[Simon Clubley]

On 2019-11-20, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
> On 11/20/2019 8:34 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>
>> And why would VSI go for the last bit ? Generating licences will require
>> access to certain resources that could be misused so it's something VSI
>> will need to keep tight control of, if only from the legal liability
>> point of view.
>
> You've mentioned "legality" in the past.  I'm not sure that is an issue. 
>   I'm also not sure that it isn't.
>
> Without publishing the agreement with HP, we cannot know what is in it. 
> However, VSI has said that they have full rights to anything they 
> produce, and, that they have the right to sell, issue, whatever, VMS 
> releases produced by VSI.
>

The HPE agreement is not the issue here. VSI will probably need to show
that any hobbyist licences are issued in a controlled and appropriate
manner. Giving up control of that process to someone not employed by VSI
will make that a _lot_ harder to demonstrate.

Simon.

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