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

[Robert A. Brooks]

On 7/29/2022 3:47 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
> On 2022-07-29 20:04, abrsvc wrote:

>>  From what I recall, VSI bought the rights to Alpha and Itanium along with the 
>> rights to create the X86 variants.  VSI does not have the rights to do 
>> anything with VAX versions at all.  HP retains the rights to allow/disallow 
>> any licensing for VAX machines or emulated VAXes.  All licensing for these are 
>> handled through HP Financial.  This includes both the purchase of licenses as 
>> well as transfers.
> 
> That was the belief of a lot of people, but VSI (or people from VSI) publicly 
> corrected that belief in this newsgroup some time ago. They do have the rights 
> also to the VAX bits. But there isn't even a snowballs chance in hell that they 
> will build a new VAX version, it has been said.
> And VSI cannot issue any licenses for HPE versions of VMS, which is why the VAX 
> is in such a limbo.

What Johnny has written is 100% correct.

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                    --- Rob