[Info-vax] OpenVMS Hobbyist Notification

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <hcn9r2Fm1d3U1 at mid.individual.net>, Bill Gunshannon
<bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> writes: 

> >> And while I'm being my regular asshat, I'm going to question whether
> >> Phillip is actually a hobbyist user.  He uses VMS for things that people
> >> purchase products, such as WEENDOZE.
> > 
> > Yes, but only for personal, non-commercial stuff.
> 
> That is an interesting point.  Other than the non-commercial
> clause I don't believe anything list what can and can't be done
> under a Hobbyist License.

It does have to be personal.  One couldn't use it, say, for support of a 
non-profit institution (which is by definition non-commercial), because 
that isn't "personal use".

> That was the problem with the later Educational Program that
> I talked with HP about while still working at the University.
> It was much more detailed and while I don't know of any school
> that actually used it, it was virtually impossible to do so
> without violating the small print.  I can think of no school
> legal department that would have signed off on its use.

Certainly the old DECcampus was very widely used.