I have also wondered if it was/is possible to transfer a licence from
an organisation that has paid a OTC for an early version of ispf. I
believe there was provision for transferring licences under the old
ibm T&C.

I recall that you were given the option to move to a OTC , from a MLC,
as a version matured.

Old age may have affected my memory.

On 22/10/06, s_vetter_48188 <svetter@...> wrote:
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> --- In hercules-advocacy@yahoogroups.com, "somitcw" <somitcw@...> wrote:
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> > --- In hercules-390@yahoogroups.com,
> > "Phil Dickinson" <phil.dickinson@> wrote:
> > >On 20/10/06, Enrico Sorichetti <e.sorichetti@> wrote:
> > >> If by "ispf" you mean the Ispf program product
> > >>by IBM , well.... it will not run on MVS 3.8.
> > > If we had an old enough version it would run
> > >on MVS 3.8J.
> > > Both SPF and ISPF worked on this old MVS.
> > > But even if we could find the right distribution
> > >files, we might have dificulty convincing IBM to
> > >license its use under hercules.
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> > SPF HPF1102 5668-009 was available in 1980.
> > Were there earlier SPF releases?
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> > Please answer on hercules-advocacy:
> > If the copyright is 1980, how many more decades
> > will it be before it expires?
> > Could IBM refuse a company that started sending in
> > monthly or a one-time-charge license fee or fees?
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> Yes there was. About 1979/1980 there was a version called SPF which
> was an FDP. About 1982 or so, SPF was split into two different
> products: ISPF and PDF.
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> As for making a payment to IBM for SPF (or ISPF/PDF), IBM could
> return the check stating "no such product". As well as you not having
> an account with IBM.
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