[Info-vax] The Doom of VAX VMS Hobbyist Licenses?

[Dave Froble]

On 7/20/2020 3:24 AM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> In article <17b761f4-1aaa-4599-be48-6ddef93f3cbeo at googlegroups.com>,
> rljenkin at gmail.com writes:
>
>> So I ask the VMS Sages of the Internet, where does that leave me now as far
>>  as usability of OpenVMS for VAX and all the related compilers / software I
>>  accumulated and tinker with for my hobby?
>
> Try to get a commercial license.  Buy it from someone.  If someone sells
> it to you, and you bought it in good faith, I don't see any legal
> problems.

Actually Phillip, that is illegal under the license terms.

>  If you want to be really careful and are aware that at some
> point in the dim and distance past there was a rumour of a $300 transfer
> fee, contact HPE and ask them how to pay it.
>

No problem, the address is in the SIG below.  I'll be expecting the $300 
....

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