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> From: hercules-advocacy@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:hercules-advocacy@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of John
> Sent: 08 December 2005 19:56
> To: hercules-advocacy@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [hercules-advocacy] Proper response
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> OK, this forum is moribund, but I think it is the proper one
> to ask this. Over on the "main" hercules forum, someone is
> asking for a listing of IBM copyrighted material. If he has a
> license, I think he should have the code himself. I feel that
> this sort of post should result in a "rebuke" of the poster.
>

That depends on the software. From VM/SP5 (I think) source was "optional
material" ...


> In a similar vein, I've noticed a lot of posts on the "main"
> forum which are OS specific (i.e. not about Hercules/390
> itself). Shouldn't those type of posts be considered "off
> topic" and "rebuked"? I don't mean the "you don't have a
> license, so ..." type responses. I mean a "this is the wrong
> forum for that question. This forum is only for questions or
> problems with Hercules/390 itself, not an OS running on it."
> Now, I will grant that there is a bit of a grey area here in
> that a problem may be due to a bug in Hercules/390 (like with
> the compression stuff recently). But some is obviously NOT
> related to Hercules/390 but appears, to me, to be due to
> someone with insufficient training. I'm not saying they
> should ask question or want to learn. I'm all for that. But
> they should be encourged to use the proper forum. After all,
> we do have a VM and MVS forum.
>

I think perhpas this is a valid topic for the main list.

> Oh, well, I don't plan to do anything about "off topic"
> posts. So I guess that I'm just venting a bit. I don't
> respond to them, unless I specifically know that the problem
> is with Hercules/390 and how to fix it. And sometimes not even then.
>

I oft respond saying to post on an appropriate list....

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