[Info-vax] VSI OpenVMS Community License

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 3/28/2024 9:54 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> It may not be technical at all.  What if someone in VSI, or it's parent, 
> asked, why are we doing this?  It isn't what is our business plan.
> 
> Something like the CL must have believers implementing and running it.  
> Perhaps those calling the shots are not believers in the CL.

I think the business case is there for CL.

The cost of emailing out CL licenses is a couple of orders
of magnitudes smaller than the cost of replacing the
CL "free testing" with employee testers and replacing
the CL "open source maintainers" with employee developers.

> I don't know anything.  Just speculation.  But in c.o.v I have not 
> noticed much being said by VSI people.  Might not be healthy speaking 
> out against those at the top.

Public commenting on your employers decisions is
generally considered inappropriate.

Arne