[Info-vax] VAX VMS going forward

[Alexander Schreiber]

Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) <helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de> wrote:
> In article <res5v5$cbr$1 at dont-email.me>, "John E. Malmberg"
><wb8tyw at qsl.net_work> writes: 
>
>> On 7/17/2020 6:42 AM, Alice Wyan wrote:
>> > If I understand the situation correctly, HPE is completely dropping
>> > support for VAX VMS, but the rights haven't been transferred to VSI.
>> > This means starting next year VMS on the VAX is essentially
>> > abandoned.
>> 
>> As I understand it, VSI only has the rights to distribute and license 
>> software binaries that they have built and tested.
>
> That could change, theoretically.
>
>> I think I am going to try NetBSD/VAX out.
>
> What sort of license does that have?

It's partially in the name - it's one of the OpenSource BSD OSes, so it
has a BSD license, specifically the "2 clause" Berkely-style license
(TLDR: Free to use, if redistributing tell people where you got it from,
keep the copyright notice intact), details here:
https://www.netbsd.org/about/redistribution.html

Also, of course, comes with _complete_ system sources.

So, no payment required, but donations of any size appreciated ;-)

Kind regards,
          Alex.
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