22 Jun
2000
22 Jun
'00
4:06 p.m.
On Jun 22, 12:46, Owen Robertson wrote:
All this talk about RT-11, RSX-11M,RSTS/E licensing
details is making me
wonder. If I acquired a PDP-11 of some kind, and it came with RSX-11M
and/or
RT-11 and or/ RSTS/E, would I have to have a license?
Legally, strictly, yes. However, I've been told off the record by two
senior DEC staff in the UK that if I acquire a machine with the OS and
don't use it for commercial purposs, they would turn a blind eye.
but is it essential in running the OS? Does the OS
have
any way of checking for one?
Nope.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York