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

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <rf6bvl$2ih$1 at dont-email.me>,
=?UTF-8?Q?Jan-Erik_S=c3=b6derholm?= <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com>
writes: 

> > Right.  However, the issue is that if VSI observes people ignoring legal
> > stuff with regard to the VAX hobbyist license, they might be hesitant
> > about supporting an x86 hobbyist license, even if they have no legal
> > connection to the VAX hobbyist license.
> 
> Maybe, byt that train has already left. It is my understanding that they
> are busy building the technical platform for that offer. It would surprice
> me a lot if they simply would stop that now, just because some VAX posts
> here...

They will certainly continue to build VMS on x86.  The question is 
whether there will be some sort of hobbyist license.  I know that the 
Community License has been announced, but details are sketchy, and in 
any case it is a can-go-away-at-any-time-without-notice offering.