[Info-vax] VMS Hobbyist Program

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 7/28/2020 10:44 AM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
> Den 2020-07-28 kl. 14:37, skrev Ian Miller:
>> announcement from VSI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCjFIASH87s
> 
> Also see:
> 
> https://vmssoftware.com/about/news/2020-07-28-community-license/
> https://vmssoftware.com/services/community-license/
> https://vmssoftware.com/services/community-license/agreement/
> 
> Looks good. Have sent a request. Or, have tried to, the registration
> page is unresponsive. The whole world is trying to regsister? :-)

I looked at the agreement text.

"VSI grants You a non-exclusive, non-transferable revocable license to 
Use (as defined below) the Software in object code form as provided to 
you by VSI, solely for Non-commercial purposes. "

is as expected.

Same is most of all the rest of the legalese.

There were two sentences that caught my attention.

"You may Use one copy of the Software on one device at a time."

Does this say that one can only have one hobbyist system booted at a time?

"Operating system Software may only be used when operating the 
associated hardware in configurations as approved, sold, or subsequently 
upgraded by VSI or a VSI authorized reseller."

Does this limit hobbyist usage to supported HW?

Neither is a problem for me. I am not complaining.

But I think it may be relevant for other to know what these
two sentences mean.

Arne