[Info-vax] Any stronger versions of the LMF planned ?, was: Re: LMF Licence Generator Code

[Dave Froble]

On 8/6/2021 8:41 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2021-08-06, jimc... at gmail.com <jimcausey at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Friday, August 6, 2021 at 6:55:11 AM UTC-7, dsweene... at gmail.com wrote:
>>> It should come as no surprise that creating a hacked version of pakgen to generate license PAKs for any VMS or OpenVMS product is not legal. The webmaster of the mirroring site has been contacted to remove the pakgen source from the site. Lawrence, whether or not the site removes the code you cannot use or share PAKGEN hack you are creating.
>>>
>>> Dave Sweeney
>>
>> Versions of PAKGEN.C are available all over the Internet in various forums.  Even if the mirrors site removes it, the cat is out of the bag there.
>>
>> In many (most?) jurisdictions, it's also perfectly legal to author, refactor, and share code like PAKGEN.  You're not in a position to tell Lawrence whether or not he can share that code.
>
> Even _if_ that is the case Jim, this situation could provoke
> a strong response from VSI.
>
> For example, VSI are very clearly in a mindset that's all about
> collecting ongoing revenue from the users and making sure the
> users don't try "cheating".

The first part of that is reasonable and how things must be if VSI and 
VMS are going to be around for a while.

The second part is unreasonable paranoia.  Who and where are these 
"cheaters"?  I don't know of any.  Does anyone?  Most of us are just 
happy that VSI is there to support us, and we understand they need 
revenue to do so.  Which is why I prefer they have recurring revenue 
rather than one time license sales.

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