[Info-vax] Creating an open source version of VMS, was: Re: OpenVMS Hobbyist Notification

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In article <r48484$ltb$1 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
>On 2020-03-09, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) <helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de> wrote:
>> In article <r4606o$gjl$4 at dont-email.me>, Dave Froble
>><davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes: 
>>> 
>>> Define "commercial" ....
>>
>> In this sense, "to make money; for profit".  But that isn't the only 
>> restriction in the hobbyist license; it also has to be "personal use".
>>
>
>Something that did occur to me:
>
>I wonder, if someone tried to create an open source version of VMS
>from public documentation only, if VSI would somehow try to suppress
>development of it.
>
>There are a number of possibilities here, if you focus on application
>level source code compatibility and break compatibility at a lower level
>instead, in which you could produce something which runs a good number of
>existing applications but which has a _much_ cleaner and more functional
>operating system underneath.
>
>Think about how Linux is much more functional and cleaner underneath
>when compared to the original versions of Unix, yet can still compile and
>run earlier Unix application level source code.
>
>I wonder if VSI would actively try to suppress development of such an
>alternative version of VMS.
>
>Simon.
>
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>Simon Clubley, clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
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