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

Simon Clubley clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
Tue Jul 27 13:47:31 EDT 2021


On 2021-07-26, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
> On 7/26/2021 1:47 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2021-07-26, Timothy Stark <fsword007 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 ...
>

That's a very irresponsible attitude to take David.

>> 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.
>

Reading them to acquire knowledge _is_ using them.

>> If you just get copies of them without approval from HPE/VSI, you risk
>> all kinds of legal issues.
>
> Call HPe, say "VMS", and you'll get something like "what's that?"
>
>> For example Tim, you are going to end up contaminating your emulator
>> if you use knowledge from unauthorised copies of the source listings
>> to help create it.
>
> He's working on an emulator, not VMS.  An Alpha emulator is not VMS.
>

It doesn't matter. It's still contaminated knowledge that he used to
build his emulator unless he gets the listings in an authorised way.

Simon.

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