[Info-vax] Posts

[David Goodwin]

In article <664dfc17$0$705$14726298 at news.sunsite.dk>, arne at vajhoej.dk 
says...
> 
> On 5/22/2024 9:34 AM, Single Stage to Orbit wrote:
> > On Wed, 2024-05-22 at 12:19 +0000, Simon Clubley wrote:
> >> Another reason could be that many VMS systems have reached the end
> >> of their life and, for various reasons, many have now been replaced
> >> with non-VMS solutions.
> >>
> >> VMS is clearly in a managed decline situation, but the real question
> >> is just how rapid is that decline before there isn't a large enough
> >> userbase left to remain viable ?
> > 
> > When it gets to that point I /really/ would like them to put it into
> > the public domain and let us the hackers add drivers and other things
> > to run it bare metal.
> 
> That idea has come up numerous times.
> 
> Most believe that it is totally impossible.
> 
> VSI does not own the rights to all of VMS. VSI has a license
> from HPE for the old parts of VMS and own the right to the
> new parts of VMS that they have added.
> 
> The chance of getting HPE to approve open sourcing the stuff
> they own are close to zero. Only cost - no benefits.

What costs would there be for HPE beyond those already paid as part of 
figuring what, if anything, they could sublicense to VSI?

And of course HPE could just wash their hands of OpenVMS and transfer 
the copyrights entirely to VSI. The only remaining value OpenVMS holds 
for HPE is whatever fees VSI is currently paying - probably not a vast 
sum as far as HPEs income sources go.