[Info-vax] New VSI Community License Program for x86

[Simon Clubley]

On 2024-04-02, Craig A. Berry <craigberry at nospam.mac.com> wrote:
>
> On 4/2/24 7:22 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2024-04-01, John H. Reinhardt <johnhreinhardt at thereinhardts.org> wrote:
>
>>> I have also done a LICENSE /ISSUE/PROCEDURE and copied the supplied licenses to my previous OpenVMS x86 systems
>>>
>> 
>> Until someone in VSI gets into a "you are not allowed to do that !!!!!!!!"
>> frame of mind and says it is against the terms of the Community Licence. :-)
>
> I would ask them to show me where in the terms it says that.  IANAL, but
> the terms describe "use" of the license and don't say anything about how
> you get the license onto the system.  It seems the vmdk thing is
> intended to be a way to get newbies up and running quicker, and it may
> very well be good for that.  As far as I can tell the delivery mechanism
> is completely orthogonal to the terms of the license.
>

Normally, that is a very reasonable position to take.

Unfortunately, even when you consider that VSI has the right to decide
how products it makes are made available, nothing about how this has
been handled appears to make any sense. :-(

I just hope there isn't some hidden agenda here.

Simon.

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