[Info-vax] OpenVMS Hobbyist Notification

[Craig A. Berry]

On 3/7/20 6:25 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 3/7/2020 6:32 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>> On 3/7/20 1:25 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>>> In article <r40o5r$mq1$1 at panix2.panix.com>, kludge at panix.com (Scott
>>> If they don't mind people running it and won't
>>> make any money, why not just issue a public licence for everyone?
>>
>> I see no likelihood of that ever happening.
> 
> That is also my take.
> 
> HPE does not not do something if there is no reason not to - they only
> do something if there is a reason to.
> 
> There is no business reason for HPE to help VMS VAX hobbyists.
> 
> In fact there is a small reason to not do so. The time
> of the lawyers and senior management people to produce such
> a statement will be seen as a cost by HPE.

The commercial emulator vendors will likely retain the ability to issue
PAKs for VAX, and HPE will likely retain the ability to cash royalty
checks for same even if they don't sell the product themselves any more.