[Info-vax] OpenVMS Hobbyist Notification

[Dave Froble]

On 3/9/2020 2:31 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2020-03-09, Bill Gunshannon <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 3/8/20 7:57 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>>>
>>> So if I throw something (that I own and don't allow anyone else to have
>>> it) in the trash, and do not give anyone else permission to use it, and
>>> someone finds it and uses it, what is that?
>>>
>>
>> It's called apples and oranges.  No one is throwing the IP that is VMS
>> in the trash.
>
> And that is why David's analogy is _so_ wrong.
>
> A closer comparison would be this:
>
> Someone owns a set of master molds that they have used to produce products
> for sale. One day they decide not to continue investing in the raw materials
> to make copies of the products from the molds because they are no longer
> making enough money to justify the continued production of these products.
>
> However, some people think that they can now copy or borrow the molds
> (without the owner's permission) for their own purposes so they can
> continue making products from the molds for free.
>
> The owner still owns the molds and no-one is allowed to take (or even
> borrow) the molds without the owner's permission as that is against
> the law.
>
> HPE are not discarding anything. They still own the master molds (ie: VMS)
> and you can't make copies of these molds without the permission of HPE.
>
> Simon.
>

So many chains on c.o.v ....

So much fun to jerk all of them ....

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