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

[gah4]

On Wednesday, July 27, 2022 at 5:06:46 PM UTC-7, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

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> If someone like your employer bought a system with a valid license 
> and when it was no longer needed let you use it for personal usage 
> but legally retained ownership, then I think it is perfectly fine 
> from a license law perspective.

This leaves another thing that I didn't say above.

Often things like this are owned by corporations, not people.
As far as I know, if the corporation is purchased whole, they still
belong to the same corporation.  That is, there is no need to transfer
a license when a corporation changes ownership.  (Which, technically,
happens when stock is bought and sold.)

It would seem, then, that one could start a corporation and have it buy
the and license the computer.  One could then sell the corporation
instead of the computer.  One does have to plan ahead, though.

In actuality, the time the question comes up is when one wants 
upgrades, to file bug reports, or receive bug fixes.  No company
is going to knock on doors and ask to see someone's license
in their home.