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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 12/10/2021 4:56 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> We are talking hypothetical here.  I'm not advocating anything today.
> 
> Don't vendors make a commitment to customers when they sell them the use 
> of something like VMS?  If so, and the vendor defaults, isn't that an 
> issue?  Don't customers have any rights?  Is it really stealing to 
> continue to use a product that one purchased in good faith?

If VSI sell you a license to run VMS from time 1-JAN-2022 to forever
or from 1-JAN-2022 to 31-DEC-2023, then you have a right to exactly that.

So if you get the license from 1-JAN-2022 to 31-DEC-2023, then you have
rights per license from 1-JAN-2022 to 31-DEC-2023. 1-JAN-2024 that
license grants you no rights.

You should understand what you buy. It is not good faith to expect
more than you actual bought.

Arne