[Info-vax] VSI OpenVMS Community License

[Craig A. Berry]

On 3/26/24 5:39 PM, Jim Duff wrote:
> On 27/3/24 01:26, Chris Townley wrote:
>> Just received 2 mails from VSI
>>
>> End of Alpha and I64 community licenses
>>
>> Looks like a more restricted X86 - WE can download a pre-built and 
>> licensed VMDK with a few LP, including compilers
>>
>> Or there is an Ambassador program
>>
>> Not sure what to think yet...
>>
> 
> *I'm* certainly confused.  The email says "Your current license is valid 
> through August 22, 2024"

Which e-mail would that be?  The announcement about discontinuing Alpha
and Integrity community licenses doesn't appear to have anything like
that statement. It did say the existing licenses would be renewed one
more time "in August" -- presumably August 2024.

, however
> 
> https://sp.vmssoftware.com/#/packages/676
> 
> says "x86 community licenses good through April 1, 2024", agreeing with 
> what licence list says.  That's five days away for those of us on this 
> side of the dateline.

So far the x86 license seems to go mostly by field test practices and
they have a PAK on the portal.  I've been assuming that would change
sometime soon to how community has been working, but with the plug being
pulled on that, it's an open question how and when there will be another
PAK for OpenVMS x86. We've been told that at some point there will be
this vmdk thing, but whether that's effective *now* with no other
options, or whether there will be one more PAK on the portal, or what,
is not something I've seen mentioned.

>  I'm trying to avoid making April Fool's references.

Go ahead and send around an announcement that your patch syndication
service is back online :-).  While we're lamenting things that were good
while they lasted :-(.