You're probably "safe" to do so if you're in a country that is not part of The Berne Convention, YMMV.
But again this exposes an age-old issue regarding "abandonware". Will the Vax VMS copyright therefore expire in 2046? eg 25 years after the license expires. We need a hobbyist member with massive pockets to step up and protect it for all of us... Dan ________________________________ From: Simh <simh-boun...@trailing-edge.com> on behalf of Johnny Billquist <b...@softjar.se> Sent: Sunday, March 8, 2020 7:56:16 AM To: Bob Eager <r...@tavi.co.uk>; simh@trailing-edge.com <simh@trailing-edge.com> Subject: Re: [Simh] OpenVMS Hobbyist Program On 2020-03-08 12:42, Bob Eager wrote: > On Sun, 8 Mar 2020 12:34:46 +0100 > Johnny Billquist <b...@softjar.se> wrote: > >>> is HPE going to sue individual hobbyists for copyright? I highly >>> doubt it. >> >> Why would they? HPE have given hobbyists licenses which will expire, >> at which point they just don't have a working license anymore. Not >> sure what HPE would sue for... > > I think the context was, at some point in the future, a hobbyist using > a pirate licence. Ah. So the question is if HPE would ever sue anyone for using pirate licenses. Good question. Technically, they could, of course. Will they try and hunt people down? I sortof suspect they will not. But HPE are not the only ones with a stake here. What about VSI? After all, if HPE have stopped selling, they wouldn't gain any more money by anyone willing to pay anyway. Anyway, this all becomes speculation. We know it is illegal. Anyone is free to decide on their own if they are willing to break that rule/law, and willing to take that risk (be it high or low). Nobody should make that decision based on the assumption of someone else that it is "safe" though. Johnny -- Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus || on a psychedelic trip email: b...@softjar.se || Reading murder books pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol _______________________________________________ Simh mailing list Simh@trailing-edge.com http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh
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