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

[Dave Froble]

On 12/6/2021 2:12 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> 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.
>

No.  David took one look at the statement:

"Using commercial software has nothing to do with VMS licenses."

Now, if Phillip meant to refer to hobbyist or CL or ISV licenses, he should have 
written that.  He didn't.

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