Product Authorization Key (PAK) Information for OpenVMS AXP Layered Products

This document, dated March 1994, serves two main purposes: providing information about Product Authorization Keys (PAKs) for OpenVMS AXP Layered Products and acting as a "Read Before Installing" guide for a specific field test kit.

Key points from the document:

1. Product Authorization Keys (PAKs):

   • Purpose: A PAK is essential for accessing and using Digital's OpenVMS AXP software products and their accompanying documentation (in Bookreader™ format).
   • Requirement: PAKs must be registered and loaded into the License Management Facility (LMF) database before the corresponding software product can be installed and activated from the Digital CD-ROM Software Library.
   • Licensing Steps:
     1. Locate the relevant PAK information from Table 2.
     2. Register this information in the system's LICENSE database using VMSLICENSE.COM or the LICENSE REGISTER command.
     3. Activate the registered license, either automatically during VMSLICENSE.COM registration or manually using the LICENSE LOAD command.
     4. Proceed with the installation of the software product.
   • PAK Details: Table 2 lists numerous OpenVMS AXP layered products (e.g., BOOKBROWSER, CDD/Administrator, DEC C++, DECnet, DECwindows Motif, POLYCENTER products) along with their unique PAK details, including a "Key Termination Date" of 5-JUL-1994 for all listed products.
   • Usage Restriction: These PAKs are provided "in confidence, subject to the terms and conditions of your Digital CD-ROM Software Library for OpenVMS AXP Layered Products license agreement(s)" and are for "internal use only."

2. Installation Kit Information (for OpenVMS AXP March 94 Field Test Layered Products):

   • Kit Contents: The kit includes a Part Listing, multiple Software Binaries Compact Discs (4 discs), and an Online Documentation Compact Disc.
   • Documentation Access: Product documentation is located in specific subdirectories ([product_directory.DOCUMENTATION]) in both PostScript® (.PS) and text (.TXT) formats. Reading online documentation requires OpenVMS AXP Version 1.5 or higher, DECwindows Motif Version 1.1 or higher, a bitmap DECwindows display, and a compact disc reader.
   • DECwindows Motif Support: Specific instructions are provided for installing required and optional DECwindows Motif save sets, depending on whether the OpenVMS AXP operating system is being installed on a DEC 3000 AXP series workstation with graphics or an Alpha AXP system without a graphics monitor.
   • Feedback: Instructions are given on how to provide comments or report errors in the documentation.

In summary, the document details the licensing process using PAKs for a range of OpenVMS AXP layered products from Digital Equipment Corporation, emphasizing the steps to register and activate licenses before installation, and also provides a contents and installation guide for a specific March 1994 field test kit. The consistent license termination date of July 5, 1994, indicates this is a historical document.