[Info-vax] VMS VAX License for personal Microvax 3100 Model 40

[gah4]

On Wednesday, July 27, 2022 at 5:29:47 AM UTC-7, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

(snip, I wrote)

> > A machine can run a legally licensed copy, but just not to me?

> Anybody that has a valid VMS license can run VMS. 

> That a previous owner of some hardware had a valid VMS license 
> does not give the current owner of the hardware a valid license. 
 
> It requires the license to have been transferred every time 
> the hardware changed owner.

OK, so say someone lets me use a machine but doesn't actually
transfer ownership.  More specifically, say that I don't pay anything,
but am allowed to use it.  In that case, no transfer fee should 
be needed. But exactly how do I know which one it is?