[Info-vax] vax vms licenses

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 4/20/2022 7:12 PM, gah4 wrote:
> On Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at 12:22:22 PM UTC-7, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> 
> (snip)
> 
>> But private use does not automatically make the use fall under fair use.
> 
> I suppose.
> 
> But if it really is private use, how will anyone who could possibly sue,
> know about it?
> 
> Someone mentioned the names for this list, but those might not be using
> VMS at all, or might be using it on non-VAX.  Just because someone
> subscribes to this list, would (likely) not be enough for a search warrant
> to search a house for all VAX/VMS users.
> 
> Reminds me of discussion about certain sexual acts (between consenting
> adults) that were (and maybe still are) illegal.  How exactly were
> violators to be found?
> 
> People have mentioned ways to get around the license problem, including
> resetting the date, and that might even violate DMCA, but I don't remember
> anyone mentioning actually doing it, and especially not the location of the
> machine, for issuing the search warrant.

There are two separate questions:
1) is it legal?
2) if not - is there a risk of getting caught?

Arne