[Info-vax] vax vms licenses

[Crabs]

On Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 5:01:09 PM UTC-7, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2022-04-17, Scott Dorsey <klu... at panix.com> wrote: 
> > Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> wrote: 
> >>There is no legal replacement. (Unless you want to write your own 
> >>version of VMS. :-)) 
> >> 
> >>You can run an older OpenBSD or the current NetBSD on your machines 
> >>if you wish however. 
> > 
> > But! But! Whatever happened to "The Future is VAX! Digital Has It Now!" 
> > anyway?
> What happened is that DEC lost its way in the late 1980s and started 
> killing things that it should never have killed. 
> 
> By the time Alpha came around, that gave DEC a temporary stay of 
> execution, but only a temporary stay of execution.
> Simon. 
> 
> -- 
> Simon Clubley, clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP 
> Walking destinations on a map are further away than they appear.


What of licenses from dead VAXen that were sent to the bone yard many_many years ago, bought by entities that no longer exist?
Some of us might have hoarded folders full of paper that will still work, but have no need for.
If these abandoned licenses are re-used by true hobbyists and not commercial entities, is the decision grey or black and white?

Just a thought experiment.

Crabs