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

[Dave Froble]

On 7/29/2022 1:42 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2022-07-29, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>> On 7/29/2022 8:56 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>> On 2022-07-28, David Goodwin <dgsoftnz at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> And maybe VSI will some day buy out VMS completely and make historic
>>>> releases available in some form rather than letting the few remaining valid
>>>> permanent licenses slowly vanish as companies throw them out or
>>>> hobbyists (who bought new or had them transferred) die without transferring
>>>> them on to someone else.
>>>
>>> Sorting out the rights to the third-party IP within VMS may be a problem
>>> if that ever happens.
>>>
>>> Simon.
>>>
>>
>> There should be no issues.
>>
>> As stated, VSI has the right and capability to issue a new version of VAX/VMS,
>> and then issue licenses (of any type) for the new version.
>>
>
> Read the above again.
>
> The suggestion above is about VSI buying out VMS completely from HPE.
>
> In that situation, issues around third-party IP most certainly do come
> into play.

Possibly.  Possibly not.  Compaq bought DEC.  HP bought Compaq.  Were there any 
third party IP issues there?  Perhaps Compaq and HP illegally issued VMS 
licenses?  Fun questions.

But VSI does not need to do any "buy-out" in order to issue a VAX/VMS version.


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