[Info-vax] VAX VMS going forward

[Dave Froble]

On 7/17/2020 4:05 PM, Terry Kennedy wrote:
> 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.
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> 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
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> 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.
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Interesting.

Note that the exemption provides coverage of one attempting the use the 
exemption, and, if there is objection, the case would be adjudicated.

Now who thinks HPe will give a damn and spend one red cent on any legal 
action?

Rather than a "rabbit full", why not a single license usable by anyone?

I think Terry deserves an "atta-boy" for this information.

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