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

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2020-07-21 kl. 11:39, skrev 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...

No you misunderstood. VSI is currently building the tools for the
"Community licens" offer (Alpha, IA64 and x86). I was not talkning
about the x86 port as such...

As I understand, the Community License offer might very well be available
soon after the summer, and before there is a "working" x86 version.

> 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.

Not since they are spending time on building the solution at this very
moment. I got that message weeks ago.