[Info-vax] VAX VMS going forward

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 7/26/20 8:50 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 7/26/2020 12:02 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>> Dave Froble  <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> So which is it, VSI could (but won't) build a VAX release, or, has no
>>> right to do so?
>>
>> VSI has no rights to sell licenses for the existing VAX builds.
> 
> Right ...
> 
>> Since VSI has rights to the source, they have rights to build a new 
>> VAX/VMS
>> version.  However, doing this would be silly.
>> --scott
>>
> 
> My thinking was more of volunteers building a new VAX release, under the 
> umbrella of VSI, but with no VSI effort, time, money, or anything else. 
> With a volunteer organization doing the distribution, PAKs (if any) and 
> such.
> 

I think that is both ambitious and wishful thinking.  I, and I am
sure most other VAX hobbyists would be perfectly happy with a single
version created by volunteers released under the auspices of VSI
with a non-expiring set of PAKS.

bill