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The Question is:
is it possible to get a hobbyist license for any version of vms to use on an
emulated system?
The Answer is :
Likely yes, assuming the OpenVMS version supports the hardware
that is being emulated, of course.
Please visit the OpenVMS Hobbyist website for licensing details,
restrictions, and availability. http://www.openvmshobbyist.org/
Though potentially initially confusing, a properly-functioning
emulator is software-indistinguishable from the emulated hardware;
if the emulated hardware is both correctly implemented by the
emulator and the emulator is emulating a hardware configuration
that is supported by OpenVMS, then OpenVMS will not recognize the
existence of the emulation. A correctly-functioning emulator can
and should be considered to be hardware. This includes OpenVMS
licensing -- so long as your software license agreements allow
it, of course.
For necessary details on the initial installation on the emulated
platform, please see the emulator documentation. Much like the
initial system load on a supported platform, the initial load
of the emulator itself and then the initial load of OpenVMS into
the emulated environment is far more interesting and far more
centrally a concern than discussions of the OpenVMS Hobbyist
licensing. Accordingly, you will want to concern yourself less
with the OpenVMS Hobbyist licensing, and more with the initial
installation.
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