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Conference vaxaxp::vmsnotes

Title:	VAX and Alpha VMS
Notice:	This is a new VMSnotes, please read note 2.1
Moderator:	VAXAXP::BERNARDO

Created:	Thu Jan 23 1997
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	703
Total number of notes:	3722

606.0. "ADL-USER license on ALPHA?!?!?!" by CSC32::G_BURTT () Thu May 15 1997 20:03

    I have a question regarding user licensing on the ALPHA platform.  I
    just ran across a customer running OpenVMS Alpha 6.2 with a base
    license (OPENVMS-ALPHA) and a user license (ADL-USER).  I was under the
    impression that the ADL-USER license was a VAX user license only. 
    However when you look into the LMF group tables on an ALPHA system you
    see ADL-USER\OPENVMS-ALPHA-USER listed.
    
    According to the SPD ADL-USER is a VAX license.  Is this customer legal
    or not??
    
    Gary Burtt
    Colorado CSC

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
606.1	See OpenVMS SPD...	XDELTA::HOFFMAN	Steve, OpenVMS Engineering	`Thu May 15 1997 20:18`	29
	This customer appears to be in violation of licensing. From the SPD: -- 4. OpenVMS VAX Distributed Interactive User License (QL-09SA-*) LMF Product Name: ADL-USER This license grants the right to interactive use of the OpenVMS VAX operating system, provided the appropriate Operating System Base Li- cense or one of the five types of VAX VMS Licenses has been previously installed on a VAX system. The Distributed Interactive User licenses are concurrent use licenses and are available in any quantity, except unlimited. Distributed Interactive User licenses are mobile (redes- ignatable) and may be installed and used on a single OpenVMS VAX pro- cessor or shared in a single OpenVMS VAXcluster. A distributed interactive user is defined as an individual who is logged in to an OpenVMS VAX processor or OpenVMS VAXcluster system or is in- teractively using the operating system, software by means other than a login. This license grants the right to use the same version of the operat- ing system software as permitted for the corresponding Operating Sys- tem Base License at the time when the User License is installed.
606.2	True...according to the SPD	CSC32::G_BURTT		`Fri May 16 1997 15:23`	8
	I agree that he appears to be in violation according to the SPD. He received this system about a year ago, this was the license that was delivered with it on the dec number, and it has worked. So I take it referring him to his contract administrator and or the Licensing Admin group (CSLA) would be the appropriate action? Do you know if the LMF Group tables will be changed in a future release to not allow this license to work on the ALPHA platform? Gary Burtt
606.3	Contact a PM -- see note 7.*	XDELTA::HOFFMAN	Steve, OpenVMS Engineering	`Fri May 16 1997 15:29`	6
	You will want to talk with the OpenVMS product managers directly, as you're heading out of the technical area and into the licensing and futures area. This might be a bug in the SPD, or it might be a PAK error, or it might be residual organizational weirdness.
606.4	this is daveM's baby	STAR::ABIS	I come in peace	`Fri May 16 1997 21:32`	6
	Gary, Talk to Dave Maryanski (star::maryanski). I'll bet that that SPD is wrong and the customer is legal. Eric