[Simh] VMS hobbyist license

[Hittner, David T [US] (MS)]

>What would HPE do if the pak they released were posted anonymously with the termination date removed?

HPE would be within their full rights to prosecute anyone who strips the termination date from the PAKs and reposts with a new checksum.

If you are just talking about reposting the original (what appear to be mostly universal) FINAL PAKs with the termination date intact, I don't suspect that HPE would quite as upset as the above open-ended software piracy scenario given that they are exiting the OpenVMS business, and the fact that there IS a termination date on the original PAKS which limits their financial loss, but you should always ASK PERMISSION before doing ANYTHING  that is in VIOLATION of the Terms and Conditions, as this proposal clearly is.

There's little that individuals can do to stop software piracy. However, individuals can elect to NOT be part of the software piracy problem.

David

From: Simh <simh-bounces at trailing-edge.com> On Behalf Of Dan Gahlinger
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 9:40 AM
To: simh at trailing-edge.com
Subject: EXT :Re: [Simh] VMS hobbyist license

What would HPE do if the pak they released were posted anonymously with the termination date removed?

I ask because countries like Russia just don't care, or like Iran...

*I can neither confirm nor deny that such a posting exists...

Dan
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From: Simh <simh-bounces at trailing-edge.com<mailto:simh-bounces at trailing-edge.com>> on behalf of John H. Reinhardt <johnhreinhardt at thereinhardts.org<mailto:johnhreinhardt at thereinhardts.org>>
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On 3/13/2020 11:29 AM, Arthur Krewat wrote:
The domain decusserve.org doesn't exist?



Typo on my part in the original.  It should be one "s"...  <https://eisner.decuserve.org><https://eisner.decuserve.org> for the web page.  ssh to eisner.decuserve.org for the login.



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John H. Reinhardt

On 3/11/2020 9:23 PM, Tony Nicholson wrote:
The URL for OpenVMS hobbyist renewal is

https://www.hpe.com/h41268/live/index_e.aspx?qid=24548

You need to make sure you put valid information in the form and make sure you put something reasonable in the "How do you use the Hobbyist Program?" question.

If you don't have a Chapter number, go to (via ssh) eisner.decusserve.org<http://eisner.decusserve.org> and log in with the username of REGISTRATION and follow the prompts. That gets you registered in the US DECUServe chapter (all nationalities are welcome) and gets you a valid member number for registration.  You may have to wait a week or two for the number to become active at HPE.

Tony


On Thu, 12 Mar 2020 at 11:48, dave porter <dave_list_addr at verizon.net<mailto:dave_list_addr at verizon.net>> wrote:
I let my VMS hobbyist license expire a few years back.  Can I get one
now for the next year?  Would someone remind me of how?

Thanks.
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