[Info-vax] Thoughts on VSI Community License Program

[John H. Reinhardt]

On 8/14/2020 4:18 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 8/14/20 4:25 PM, bob.m... at gmail.com wrote:
>> On Friday, August 14, 2020 at 7:14:42 AM UTC-7, John H. Reinhardt wrote:
>>> On 8/14/2020 9:04 AM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>>>> On 8/13/20 11:03 AM, Dave Froble wrote:
>>>>> On 8/13/2020 8:43 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>>>>> On 2020-08-12, John H. Reinhardt <johnhre (deleted address)> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Even if the DEC/HP Hobbyist licenses work for them it's still terminating
>>>>>>> on 1-JAN-2021 so it's of limited value.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The termination date of the extended HPE hobbyist licences that Hari sent
>>>>>> out is 1-Jan-2022, not 1-Jan-2021.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Simon.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It is still a "drop dead" date. No long term help there.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> And many of us were not privy to the extended PAKs anyway.
>>>>
>>>> bill
>>>>
>>> If you need them, let me know. Hari said we could send them to those that missed out after March/May.
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> John H. Reinhardt
>>
>> Are you serious?  I missed out because I didn't request the OpenVMS / Alpha licenses soon enough.  My license expires September 2.  If you are able, please send me a copy:.
>> Or let me know if you can't.  Thanks.
>>
>> Bob Mehlman
>> VMS user since 1985 or so.
>>
> 
> Same here, I assumed.  I requested but apparently the cutoff was
> very short and the unreliability of my Verizon DSL since the lockdown
> kept me from doing it for several weeks.
> 
> If they don't care and said it was OK to share it, why not just post
> it here?
> 
> bill
> 

Because: of the last line in the email from Hari

> *From:*OpenVMS Customer Lab [mailto:openvmscustomerlab at hpe.com]
> *Sent:* Saturday, 7 March 2020 5:05 PM
> *To:* <redacted>
> *Subject:* RE: OpenVMS Hobbyist Notification
> 
> Hi <redacted>,
> 
> Good question.  We did discuss this quite a bit here, and there are arguments on all sides.
> 
> We would rather the hobbyists asked us directly, so we have an idea of the true scale.
> 
> However, it would be common sense, if you worked closely with a few hobbyists, to forward the PAKs to them. As long as the number is small, given that the license validity is limited, it should be okay.
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
>                  Hari.


-- 
John H. Reinhardt