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

[Dave Froble]

On 12/10/2021 6:59 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> 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.

But VSI also says you can purchase another year of support, right?



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