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

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-12-09, Bill Gunshannon <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/9/21 1:42 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2021-12-09, Bill Gunshannon <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> They are probably of very limited value but release of them would
>>> undoubtedly violate someone's IP rights.
>>>
>> 
>> Within a month, VAX/VMS will start on the same journey to unusable
>> history that the PDP-11 DEC operating systems started long ago.
>> 
>
> And your point?
>

The point is that I agree with you.

The reason the PDP-11 DEC OS options are unusable is precisely because
they _are_ still under copyright and have a owner even after all this time.

That means exactly the same applies to anything associated with VAX/VMS.

Simon.

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