[Info-vax] OpenVMS Hobbyist Notification

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <r42p8k$9s5$1 at panix2.panix.com>, kludge at panix.com (Scott
Dorsey) writes: 

> Yes.  This is what "abandonware" means.  It's software that is no longer
> available from the manufacturer but which is legally constrained from
> open distribution.

I had the impression that some here thought that it meant that if it is 
no longer available from the manufacturer, then one somehow has the 
right to do what one wants with it.

That is not the case.