Legal Question - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

23 Jun 2000

...
 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? I know a 
Legally, yes, you would need a license.  This step is accomplished by
either buying one yourself or having the prior owner transfer theirs
to you (assuming *they* had a license).

...
 license is legally required, but is it essential in
running the OS? Does
the OS have any way of checking for one? What is required for running the 
There is nothing in RT, RSTS or RSX which checks for a license, so it
doesn't know you have or don't have one...

...
 OS? I really don't know anything about the PDP-11
family.  
What is required is a complete distribution...

					Megan Gentry
					Former RT-11 Developer

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