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Fish
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Oct 9, 2001 5:36 am
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(cross posted to newly created hercules-advocacy list: hercules-advocacy@yahoogroups.com; please use it) ... Precisely. Now I can understand IBM wanting to...
Fish
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Oct 9, 2001 8:07 am
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(setting up my mailbox rules... please ignore) -- "Fish" (David B. Trout) fish@......
Fish
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Oct 9, 2001 9:50 am
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(Forwarded from main Hercules list. Please respond to it HERE. Thanks.) ... From: Chester [mailto:tom_bighorn@...] Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 3:16...
Fish
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Oct 9, 2001 11:08 am
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I recently asked the IBM archives about releasing some of the old software. This was their reply:- "Regarding your other question, contrary to the rumor, at...
intabits@...
Oct 10, 2001 7:00 am
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Perhaps they misundertood the question or, as Phil would say, the wrong question was asked. Scholarship, in this context, means 'for study'. This implies...
Vic Cross
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Oct 10, 2001 7:47 am
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<never used Netscape "reply all" before, looks like it didn't do what I expected. Apologies if this is received twice> Hi Vic, I didn't specifically ask them...
intabits@...
Oct 10, 2001 9:52 am
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Hi Vic, I didn't specifically ask them for source. Here's what I sent (with the reply also):- "I am interested in reviving and keeping alive the classic "Big...
Rob Storey
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Oct 10, 2001 10:23 am
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... Whoever wrote this didn't know what they were talking about. According to IBM Legal, if it didn't have a copyright statement in the code, it wasn't ...
Jay Maynard
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Oct 10, 2001 12:28 pm
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... wrong ... Phil's a pedant, and would say that. This is not relevant to any Hercules issues. At this time, IBM's programming was considered part of the...
phil@...
Oct 10, 2001 3:36 pm
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... You're quite right there. I checked the source for the 7094 OS (IBSYS), the assembler and Fortran and Cobol compilers - none contain the "C" word. So where...
intabits@...
Oct 11, 2001 2:27 pm
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... contain ... Copyrighting only applied orignally to literary works. When was the law extended to (or accepted for) software, and how was it protected ...
phil@...
Oct 11, 2001 4:01 pm
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... Good question. While I would suggest that they contact their intellectual property law department in Poughkeepsie, and point out that their opinion on fhte...
Jay Maynard
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Oct 11, 2001 4:51 pm
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... Copyright was originally applied to software in the late 1960s. CICS, IMS, and whatever the third of the first IBM program products was, were among the ...
Jay Maynard
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Oct 11, 2001 5:02 pm
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(thread moved to Hercules Advocacy[*] list by request; please respond from there. Thanks) [*] hercules-advocacy (at) yahoogroups.com -- "Fish" (David B....
Report: Fujitsu, IBM Hold Talks Updated: Wed, Oct 17 7:26 PM EDT TOKYO (AP) - Japan's Fujitsu Ltd. and IBM are in talks to jointly develop software for...
Actually anyone buying one of these systems signs an LOA (Letter of Agreement). You need to provide some information when you sign the letter. This includes:...
... Interesting... very interesting ... Ah bugger. Those questions can't distinguish between Herc and Flex until the last one... so as long as you don't run...
Phil Payne posted this to Linux-390... the topic was... Phil's one and only topic! :-) (FX: thunder rolls, lightning flashes across the desolate heath) I got...
Sure, I'll comment. :) I am in rather close contact with ALL of the developers (since I happen to be one myself) and I am personally not aware of *any*...
... them ... Phil: YOU are violating the law. My country would condemn you for defamation and injury and you will get a couple of years and a good $50,000...
... I think if you read the original post very carefully or look at the thread on Linux/390 you'll find you're complaining about words that aren't mine in a...
... good ... I'm certainly not basing my affirmations on one single post. And the entire list members are the witnesses, whenever they agree or not. ... Your...
... Let's make this topic more interesting than it appears: On the topic of copying software for personal use, Section 117 of the U.S. Copyright Act states: ...
... You're right...about copyright. That's not what Phil (note carefully: *NOT* IBM) is alleging. Phil (*NOT* IBM) is alleging that Hercules infringes on ...
I should add here that I have not gone looking at IBM's patents. Under US law, only a patent attorney is competent to determine whether a patent may be...
Phil: Per your request I will look at the thread and decide for myself if you have been quoted out of context. I believe that you would not offer such evidence...