[Simh] OpenVMS licenses now transferable to emulators

[Hittner, David T (IT)]

No; Digital/Compaq/HP PAKs are legally bound to the hardware system that
they were issued for.
If you replace the hardware, you have to pay to transfer/upgrade the
PAKs to the new hardware.

Hobbyist PAKs are different; they don't care what the hardware is, so
you can use them in an emulator at your convenience.
However, Hobbyist PAKs are for personal use only. You may not legally
run them to deliver a corporate service.

This announcement allows you to legally transfer older hardware-bound
PAKs to the new "hardware" of a software emulator.
I could use this new method to transfer my $40K corporate software
license asset to an emulator.

Dave

> -----Original Message-----
> From: simh-bounces at trailing-edge.com 
> [mailto:simh-bounces at trailing-edge.com] On Behalf Of Michael Kerpan
> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 7:59 AM
> To: simh at trailing-edge.com
> Subject: Re: [Simh] OpenVMS licenses now transferable to emulators
> 
> On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 7:36 AM, Hittner, David (IT) 
> <david.hittner at ngc.com> wrote:
> > HP has announced that licenses are now transferable (for a fee) to 
> > emulators.
> >
> > http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/vax-emulator.html
> >
> > Not the cheapest, but certainly the most legal.
> > Dave
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> 
> I thought that licenses were already valid for emulators. 
> Certainly the hobbyist PAKs are (you can even pick the 
> emulator you use when
> applying)
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