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

[Dave Froble]

On 7/26/2021 6:43 PM, John Reagan 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.."
>

John, you're beating me up here ...

Just let me ask, was there written permission when VMS source CDs were 
handed out at DECUS?  Were there any rules for the recipients of those CDs?

Other than the copyright you mention above of course ....

Ya know, I've got to believe that some versions are out in the wild, and 
DEC put them there ....

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