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

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-12-05, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) <helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de> wrote:
> In article <soj03a$202$2 at dont-email.me>, Dave Froble
><davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes: 
>
>> >>>> With the VSI Community License 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.
>> >>>
>> >>> The wording has changed a bit.  But it is still non-commercial.
>> >>> Open-source can be non-commercial, but it can also be commercial.
>> >>
>> >> Isn't there a difference between working on commercial software, such
>> >> as porting to VMS, and using commercial software?
>> >
>> > Using commercial software has nothing to do with VMS licenses.
>> 
>> Huh ?????????????????
>
> ????????
>
> Obviously VMS is commercial and its use involves VMS licenses.  That is 
> not the topic here.  The question is whether the hobbyist license would 
> cover open-source development on VMS for commercial software and, if so, 
> if that would be the case only if the developer received no 
> compensation.
>

I think David might be asking if you can run commercial software on
a hobbyist system.

For example, if you could somehow get hold of a legal copy of Word Perfect
for Alpha, could you run it on a hobbyist system for personal use ?

If so, that's a good question, and I don't know the answer.

Simon.

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