[Info-vax] bash (Re: BASIC (was Re: 64-bit))

Craig A. Berry craigberry at nospam.mac.com
Tue Jan 16 08:56:27 EST 2024


On 1/15/24 9:07 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 1/15/2024 9:09 PM, Craig A. Berry wrote:
>> It wouldn't hurt to have a
>> Unix shell always available too just because of how many people are
>> already familiar with them.  I guess that couldn't be bash given the GPL.
> 
> Nothing VMS would be linked with VMS so GPL should not be a problem.
> 
> Or maybe I should say "is" instead of "would be".
> 
> https://vmssoftware.com/products/gnv/

Would the situation not differ if bash were distributed as part of the
base installation rather than an add-on?  I thought that was why Apple
moved away from bash as the default shell.  But IANAL.




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