From: Stuart Johnson [ssj152.AT.charter.DOT.net@smtpohi1.bankone.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 12:25 PM
To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com
Subject: Questions about license paks

I recently purchased a surplus AlphaServer 1000a that turned out to be a
dud; it seems to have a short somewhere on the main board, rendering it more
or less useless. It was supplied with the license pak's provided with the
original sale of the machine by DEC.

Here are my questions:

1) Can I sell the license paks? I've seen licenses for sale on eBay. I
remember that, in the "old" days at least, certain licenses could be sold
with a machine and others (layered products) coundn't. I haven't a clue
about selling the license paks alone.

2) If it is OK to sell the licenses, does anyone have suggestions as to
their current value? Most of the paks I have are still sold by HPQ, many of
them for > $1,000.

I have the following paks (unless indicated, one of each):

QL-MT1AE-6R, OpenVMS-ALPHA, 15 units, activity A, no_share
QL-0LXAE-AA, UCX, 1050 units,, availability H, (mod_units, alpha)
QL-MTFAE-AA, DVNETEND, 1050 units,, availability H, (mod_units, alpha)
QL-MV4AE-AA, DW-MOTIF, 1050 units,, availability H, (mod_units, alpha)
QL-09MAE-AA, DCPS-PLUS, 1050 units,, availability H, (mod_units, alpha)
QL-09KAE-AA, DCPS-OPEN, 1050 units, availability H, (mod_units, alpha)
QL-5LQAE-AA, ABS-OMT, 0 units, constant=100, no_share
QL-5LSA9-3B, ABS-NT-CLIENT-USER, 100 units, constant=100
QL-5M3AE-AA, VIEWPOINT-DC-V4.2, 0 units, constant=100, no_share
QM-2CLAA-AB, PWLMXXXFP05.00, 100 units, constant=100 (2 each of this
license)
QM-5LKAA-AB, PWXXWINAT07.00, 100 units, constant=100 (3 each of this
license)

I will appreciate any advice offered regarding the legality of selling these
items.

Regards,
Stuart Johnson
ssj152 AT charter DOT net (demangling this should be obvious)