[Info-vax] OpenVMS Alpha V7.3x source listings

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On Monday, July 26, 2021 at 6:43:26 PM UTC-4, xyzz... at gmail.com wrote:
> On Monday, July 26, 2021 at 3:52:34 PM UTC-4, Dave Froble wrote: 
> > On 7/26/2021 1:47 PM, Simon Clubley wrote: 
> > > On 2021-07-26, Timothy Stark <fswo... at gmail.com> wrote: 
> > >> Me too. I am looking for Alpha source listings for working on my emulator 
> > >> as development. 
> > >> 
> > > 
> > > Hang on everyone, hang on. :-( 
> > Hang on everyone, Simon's off the deep end, again ... 
> > > You cannot just ask for access to the VMS source listings as if they 
> > > were the Linux kernel source code. :-( 
> > Sure you can ... 
> > > Unless things have changed, they are a licenced product which is 
> > > covered by a strict source code licence. 
> > Nobody wants to use them, just to read them.
> Here is the standard copyright in our code. 
> 
> ! ************************************************************************* 
> ! * * 
> ! * HPE CONFIDENTIAL. This software is confidential proprietary software * 
> ! * licensed by Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development, LP, and is not * 
> ! * authorized to be used, duplicated or disclosed to anyone without the * 
> ! * prior written permission of HPE. * 
> ! * Copyright 2019 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development, LP * 
> ! * * 
> ! * VMS SOFTWARE, INC. CONFIDENTIAL. This software is confidential * 
> ! * proprietary software licensed by VMS Software, Inc., and is not * 
> ! * authorized to be used, duplicated or disclosed to anyone without * 
> ! * the prior written permission of VMS Software, Inc. * 
> ! * Copyright 2019 VMS Software, Inc. * 
> ! * * 
> ! ************************************************************************* 
> 
> Notice the phrase "disclosed to anyone.."

Can I assume that when I paid for these listings media, that the written permission was the actual purchase?