[Info-vax] vax vms licenses

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 4/18/2022 8:05 PM, gah4 wrote:
> On Monday, April 18, 2022 at 2:50:53 PM UTC-7, Galen wrote:
>> I suppose that at least some countries have legislated statutes,
>> administrative policies, tariffs, or combinations thereof, that apply to
>> license transfers from other countries, or to other countries.
>   
>> Combining that with some nation allowing transfers between parties under
>> its governance, It sounds like you’d need proof of provenance, if you want
>> to be as safe as possible when acquiring a license from anyone other than a
>> transfer agent within your same legal jurisdiction that is authorized by
>> the original grantor of the license.
>   
>> Looks like murky waters, probably even for I.P. Lawyers and courts.
> 
> IANAL, but as well as I know, when a company buys another company
> they get all the assets of that company.  That is, in legal terms, it
> doesn't count as a "transfer".   (I believe that also applies to other
> IP, such as e-mail address lists.  When a company says that they
> don't sell their e-mail address list, as what about selling the
> whole company?)

As usual those in need for a legal opinion should consult
a lawyer.

But my understanding is that the transfer of a VMS license
is needed whenever the license get transferred from one server
to another server even within the same company. So making an
acquisition/merger is pointless.

Arne