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

[Simon Clubley]

On 2019-11-22, Bill Gunshannon <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/22/19 8:41 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>> On 11/22/2019 8:33 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>>>
>>> I thought they had already done that.
>> 
>> No, they have not.  VSI cannot do anything with VMS releases they did 
>> not issue.
>
> Yes, but I thought VSI had been given everything, including the
> VAX sources.
>

HPE still have VMS control rights as VSI are still operating under
what sounds quite a lot like the old Mentec/DEC contract.

When VSI talked about control rights in a recent press release,
I asked if that meant VSI now had the legal freedom to issue hobbyist
VAX licences. Since I didn't get a reply to that, I am assuming that
HPE still continue to have control rights over VMS.

Simon.

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