[Info-vax] VMS Hobbyist Program

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 7/28/20 11:27 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> 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."

I missed this one.

> 
> 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."

I wondered about this one, too.  But went ahead anyway expecting some
kind of clarification.  If I get a system running I expect it will be
on an ES40 emulated system as I haven't had any Alpha hardware in a
long time.

> 
> 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.

bill