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)