[Info-vax] source code for vms 5.5

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In article <54c1f0f4-9b89-4d04-bca8-a134398350een at googlegroups.com>, abrsvc <dansabrservices at yahoo.com> writes:
>On Thursday, July 29, 2021 at 1:23:01 PM UTC-4, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2021-07-29, abrsvc <dansabr... at yahoo.com> wrote:=20
>> >=20
>> > Your question now is whether or not you can acquire old listings legall=
>y. Since DEC (owner at the time) can't provide permission any more, can you=
> legally purchase these from someone that does own them legally. This I can=
>'t answer and hope someone here can...
>> Is there a clause in the source code listings licence agreement that=20
>> you signed which says you cannot resell your copy of the listings to=20
>> someone else ?=20
>>=20
>> For such a product, I would expect a clause comparable to this and=20
>> if it is present, then there is your answer.=20
>>=20
>> Simon.=20
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>> --=20
>> Simon Clubley, clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP=20
>> Walking destinations on a map are further away than they appear.
>I don't recall a specific agreement.  I bought and paid for a subscription =
>for these source listings similar to a software support contract.  I no lon=
>ger have any paperwork for it as it was over 30 years ago.  I don't recall =
>anything in regards to selling (and am not interested in selling them anywa=
>y).

I'm fairly confident that I still have the aggreement filed away.  If I can get
a few moments in the next couple of days, I'll dig it out.  I'm quite busy with
readying for events Saturday and Sunday, and I've already faffed about two full
days this week because my kid sister is visiting from SC.

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