[Info-vax] Licenses on VAX/VMS 4.0/4.1 source code listing scans

[chris]

On 12/09/21 09:14, gah4 wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 9:40:07 PM UTC-8, Joerg Hoppe wrote:
>> I digitized a pack of VAX/VMS 4.0/4.1 source code listings
>> AH-BT13A-SE and AH-EF71A-SE, from micro fiche to PDF.
>> Question is now: can I publish to the community or individuals?
>> What is the license status for this old stuff (around 1985), VSI ?
>
> Seems like the same question as for all the stuff on bitsavers.
>
> You could send it to them, and leave it up to them to figure out making
> it publicly available.
>
> As well as I know, bitsavers hasn't been sued for anything on the site.

It may be interesting to many for historical reasons and the sources
were never enough to build a working systems, so there is perhaps some
fair use argument to publish.

May not be strictly correct, but you could anonymously upload to a site
that publishes anyway. There are plenty of sites around like that and
sometime you just have to do what needs to be done...

Chris