[Info-vax] Free redistributable VMS O.S.

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <tqligu$8k3$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, Fabio Bizzi <fbizzi at bizzi.org>
writes: 

> Hello,
> 
> does anyone know if vms is freely redistributable 

Yes (many people know).

> and if so, up to which 
> version?

Source code?  No versions.

> Bitsavers has VMS up to version 5.5.2, can I suppose that from 1.5 to 
> 5.5 is it free redistributable?

Source code?  No.  No version of VMS is freely distributable.

The binaries, e.g. the installation CD?  I was told by a DEC employee
that it is OK to borrow the media for installation.  (Companies with
thousands of VMS machines don't have thousands of installation CDs for
the same version).  Of course, one has to have a licence.