On Mar 9, 2020, at 1:01 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > On 3/9/20 1:33 PM, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk wrote: >> On 3/9/2020 12:20 PM, Eric Smith wrote: >>> On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 4:32 PM John H. Reinhardt via cctalk >>> <cctalk@classiccmp.org <mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote: >>> >>> I would think that those that already have legal VAX PAKs/licenses >>> could still run them. It's just no *NEW* PAKs could be legally generated. >>> >>> >>> The hobby PAKs _and_ the licenses have a one-year expiration. >> As a Hobbyist license holder since 2004 I am well aware. The language Bill >> used implied that no one would be able to legally run OpenVMS on a VAX. I >> was saying that those who had bought licenses previously (implying >> commercial and other entities) should still be legal in running VAX OpenVMS >> even after HPE shuts down their OpenVMS activities. Bill may have been >> intending just the Hobbyist (and educational licenses, too) but the language >> was ambiguous. > > Actually, as long as they can live with incorrect time Hobbyists > could use that last set of PAKs forever.
That’s from a technical perspective, from a legal perspective their license expired. -- Chris
