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

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In article <04c64c57-d7ea-4316-93f0-42efeeb295e4n at googlegroups.com>, abrsvc <dansabrservices at yahoo.com> writes:
>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?

You signed a special agreement to obtain the listings.  You paid for their production --
fiche and later CD/DVD -- and you needed to pay a yearly subscription fee to obtain the
latest version(s).

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