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

[gah4]

On Friday, July 29, 2022 at 3:31:58 PM UTC-7, Bill Gunshannon wrote:

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> As has been stated here numerous times, transfer requires paperwork and 
> a fee. VMS was never General Dynamics IP and thus Lockheed may have 
> bought the hardware but that did not include VMS. Why do people find 
> this so hard to understand? 

IANAL, so don't ask too many questions.  Technically, when someone buys
stock, they buy part of a company.  I hope they don't have to relicense every
time stock is bought or sold.

If a company changes name, but not ownership, does that count?

How about if the company buys, instead of is bought. For the example,
if GD bought Lockheed, would that count?

If after that, they rename to a combined name, does that count?

If a company is bought whole, and keeps the name, but has different
stock, does that count?

A large company might have millions of contracts. If those are all void
when the company is bought, it is pretty much impossible to buy or
sell companies.

Presumably corporate lawyers know all this, though.