Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbatt!cbosgd!ulysses!ucbvax!AC.UK!SYSMGR%UK.AC.KCL.PH.IPG From: SYSMGR%UK.AC.KCL.PH.IPG@AC.UK.UUCP Newsgroups: mod.computers.vax Subject: DEC licensing rules Message-ID: <8702110535.AA29876@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Wed, 11-Feb-87 00:56:15 EST Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8702110535.AA29876 Posted: Wed Feb 11 00:56:15 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 12-Feb-87 02:01:02 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 13 Approved: info-vax@sri-kl.arpa The following, from DEC User, January 1986, seems both amusing and thought- provoking (to say nothing of downright provocative if you are DEC!) " DEC's legal eagles must be putting in long hours over the licensing restrictions which stop you reselling licenses. Or do they? Why not set up a separate company to own the VAX, and sell it with the computer ... " Nigel Arnot (Dept. Physics, Kings college, Univ. of London; U.K) Bitnet/NetNorth/Earn: sysmgr@ipg.ph.kcl.ac.uk (or) sysmgr%kcl.ph.vaxa@ac.uk Arpa : sysmgr%ipg.ph.kcl.ac.uk@ucl-cs.arpa