[Info-vax] Hobbyist program on The Register

[Craig A. Berry]

On 4/10/24 9:45 PM, John H. Reinhardt wrote:
> On 4/10/2024 9:14 AM, bill wrote:
>>  He is moving them to a different system.  As far back as
>> I can remember that required a license change and a transfer fee.
>>
>> bill
>>
> 
> As mentioned elsewhere, those were HP(E)'s rules and for commercial 
> use.  Even HP(E) never required Hobbyists to pay license transfer fees.  
> They gave you one set of PAKs per architecture and let you put them on 
> as many as you wanted.  So long as it was non-commercial.
> 
> Did you read the Community License Agreement I posted the link to?  You 
> might want to before arguing points that don't exist.
> 
> Again,  https://vmssoftware.com/community/community-license/agreement/

I had pointed him to that as well and he flatly refused to read it, yet
continues to spread FUD about what it doesn't say.  If someone really
prefers their ignorance, there's only so much you can do to acquaint
them with the truth.

> If you find a section that says I can't take the license PAKS from the 
> vmdk they supply to run another x86 OpenVMS installation as a hobbyist 
> then let me know.  I can't see one.

Me either.