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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 12/10/2021 8:16 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> 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?

I don't think VSI has made legal commitments that you will be able
to purchase what you can today indefinitely out in the future.

Arne