[Info-vax] What Will Drive More OpenVMS Adoption?

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-12-05, Chris Townley <news at cct-net.co.uk> wrote:
> On 05/12/2021 11:30, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>> In article <soi3r4$8c2$1 at dont-email.me>, Chris Townley
>> <news at cct-net.co.uk> writes:
>> 
>>> On 05/12/2021 08:57, William wrote:
>>>> Some sort of free license so that open source developers can do
>> OpenVMS ports and so that sites like GitLab can give projects an option
>> of including OpenVMS in CI pipelines.
>> 
>>> Isn't the community/hobbyist license just that? Or the ISV scheme?
>> 
>> Hobbyist?  No.  ISV?  Probably.
>> 
>
>  From the VSI Website:
>
> With the VSI Community Li?ense Program, members of the community can 
> download OpenVMS for free for learning, open source development, and 
> exchanging knowledge of the operating system on Alpha and Integrity 
> systems. This program replaces the HP Hobbyist program.
>

I just had a look at the licence itself to see if it makes things
clearer and it actually confuses things a little bit more. :-)

|Non-commercial means not used for commercial advantage, direct monetary
|compensation, or indirect monetary compensation.

What is "indirect monetary compensation" ? Would this include getting
a pay rise or a new job as a result of learning a new skill using the
hobbyist licence ?

|You will not modify, reverse engineer, disassemble, decrypt, decompile, or
|make derivative works of the Software. Where You have other rights mandated
|under statute, You will provide VSI with reasonably detailed information
|regarding any intended modifications, reverse engineering, disassembly,
|decryption, or decompilation and the purposes therefore.

Does this prohibit some forms of security research ?

|In partial consideration of the license granted hereunder, you agree to
|provide reasonable participation in the online Software community forums,
|including without limitation such activities as answering questions and
|contributing articles and how-to videos to the OpenVMS online Software
|community at https://forum.vmssoftware.com.

Do VSI enforce this, or would taking part in comp.os.vms instead be enough ?

Simon.

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