[Simh] OT: VMS licensing

[Bruce Claremont]

Used licenses for commercial purposes can be purchased.  You'll find them on places like eBay and via third party resellers.  We buy ours through Len Whitwer at PSDS (www.psds.com).  I don't know how far back you can get licenses.

At 10:57 AM 10/7/2011, Tim Newsham wrote:
>Off-Topic but this seems like a good pool of people to ask.
>I hope its acceptable use.
>
>I'm looking for information on licensing VAX/VMS.
>Would it be possible to get a legal license to VMS 5.3?
>Are licenses tied to a particular machine or a particular
>time frame?  If someone was selling an old VAX that
>ran VMS 5.3, would the license still be valid for that machine
>today?  Would it still be valid after the sale?
>Would it be transferable to other hardware or even a simulator?
>
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