[Info-vax] VMS and security

[Dave Froble]

On 11/22/2022 2:07 AM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> In article <tlgqhi$3q5k2$1 at dont-email.me>, "Robert A. Brooks"
> <FIRST.LAST at vmssoftware.com> writes:
>
>> On 11/21/2022 2:31 PM, Steve Kelley wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, November 9, 2022 at 3:25:23 PM UTC-5, Arne VajhÞj wrote:
>>>> But VMS has a huge handicap compared to Linux - the interest in the VMS
>>>> community to contribute to open source is very small.
>>>>
>>>> Arne
>>>
>>> And until there is free access to VMS in some form (is there ever really
>>> going to be a community license for x86?), the interest in the open source
>>> community to contribute to VMS is going to be nonexistent.
>>>
>>> One big difference between VMS and Linux -- Linux doesn't charge people to
>>> become developers.
>>
>> Neither do we -- ISV partnership at the bronze level is free
>>
>> https://vmssoftware.com/about/partners/program/
>
> Do the licenses expire one year after creation?
>

Community licenses are a year to year thing.  Live with it.

ISV licenses are a year to year thing.  Live with it.

You get what you pay for.  When it is free, the license granter is free to set 
the terms.

Now, should you wish to purchase a commercial x86 VMS license, make your offer 
to VSI, with your desired terms.  If you haven't done so, then you cannot say 
you are disappointed.

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