[Info-vax] New VSI Community license PAK

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <rmmbui$k67$1 at dont-email.me>, Chris Townley
<news at cct-net.co.uk> writes: 

> "After analyzing the feedback given by the participants of the Community 
> License program, VMS Software has made the decision to remove the 
> limitations imposed by the previous version of the license.

Great!  Well done!

> This means that from now on, the number of units in the PAK for Alpha 
> will be unlimited thus making it possible to install the community 
> license on any Alpha system 

As far as the number of units go, yes, but presumably the VSI license 
makes sense only with VSI VMS and the latter requires a reasonably new 
CPU, right?  At least EV6/21264?

> and the Integrity license will include HBVS 
> and clustering until further notice. 

Great!

> However, the Community License 
> Agreement remains unchanged, so any commercial use of the operating 
> system is strictly forbidden and those who are interested in commercial 
> scenarios are eligible to a common or ISV license that can be agreed 
> with the sales department."

Sensible, and that's the way it has always been.

The question now is whether the Community License for x86 will include 
clustering and HBVS.  Presumably the only people with non-commercial 
licenses running VSI VMS on Alpha or Integrity are those planning to 
eventually move to x86.