[Info-vax] VAX VMS going forward

[Terry Kennedy]

I would expect to see someone pull a rabbit full of non-expiring VAX hobbyist licenses out of a hat sometime shortly before or after the HP final expiration date. There are a large number of people capable of easily doing this. The issue becomes how someone anonymously and untraceably makes these available to the community. 

I have no idea if this is still the current status, but it is the latest I could find on copyright.gov: https://www.copyright.gov/1201/docs/librarian_statement_01.html

Note exemption number 3: "Computer programs and video games distributed in formats that have become obsolete and which require the original media or hardware as a condition of access." That may be applicable to the current situation.