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

[Simon Clubley]

On 2023-01-23, Fabio Bizzi <fbizzi at bizzi.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> does anyone know if vms is freely redistributable and if so, up to which 
> version?
>

No, it isn't. Sometimes you are allowed to download install kits from
a public place as part of a licence, and sometimes you are allowed to
borrow media if you also have a hobbyist licence, but apart from that,
it isn't freely redistributable.

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

No.

Also, having the media would do you no good unless you have a valid
hobbyist or other licence and the VAX hobbyist program is long over.

Simon.

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