27 Nov
2025
27 Nov
'25
10:10 p.m.
On Nov 27, 2025, at 9:45 AM, Peter Ekstrom via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Ok, so there basically isn't a truly legit and ethical way to run it as a
hobbyist.
There is not a legal way to run it unless you acquired a perpetual license to run it on
that system before DEC/Compaq/HP stopped selling such licenses.
Whether it is *moral* or *ethical* to run it is independent of whether it is *legal* to
run it, and a poor analogy such as one likening running it to stealing a car will not help
much in making up your own mind about such things.
— Chris