[Simh] OpenVMS Hobbyist Program

[Arthur Krewat]

Does anyone have a link to (or a copy of) the original Hobbyist license 
agreement, I'd really like to read it.

It has  been my understanding for a LONG time, that license PAKs are not 
a guarantee that you've actually licensed anything.

While the Hobbyist License PAKs are expiring, does your actual 
right-to-use expire with the PAKs according to the license? Does it 
specifically say that when the PAKs expire, you lose your right to use 
the software?

I see a few different cross-purposes in this thread.

1) You have a Hobby license but run it for commercial purposes (hence, 
illegal).
2) You have a commercial license. The PAKs you have should never expire. 
I have a crap-load of them from when I saved them from the garbage at a 
consulting customer of mine. They are NOT legal for me to use 
commercially. Likewise, just because you bought a license PAK off of 
eBay, doesn't mean you have the "right" to use that software.
3) You have a hobbyist license, but they are not renewing PAKs for you. 
The license itself, depending on it's terms, might offer you relief in 
some way.

art k.