In view of the opinions expressed by the Hercules developers concerning the GPL, I think this article might be of interest. The relevant item is near the...
... I believe I am among the first to have raised a concern over the viral nature of the GPL. I know I was the one who first coined the term GNU Public Virus,...
Some added potential complications can be seen in Linus' take on "derived works" as that term might apply to kernel modules. See the discussion at: ...
... _also_ ... derived ... That's an odd concept; 'partially a derived work' sounds like 'a little bit pregnant' - either ya are, or ya aren't... Mike...
... Hash: SHA1 (thread moved to herc advocacy) ... Here's MY personal take on things: the problem he is asking about concerns Hercules, not zOS. While we may...
<taking this where it belongs> ... Absolutely correct. But, neither you nor I have any idea whether 'they' are breaking license argreements or not, or even if ...
... Permit me to answer questions with questions --- Suppose the Fish charge-for version of the Herc GUI is a reality, now suppose these same folks you...
... It is IBM's job to decide to enforce or not to enforce their licenses, but publicly asking the poster about their license is often needed before anyone...
... Hash: SHA1 ... (heh) Just kidding on the previous reply. :) Okay. Fine. Let's analyze your [flawed] line of reasoning then... ... Which would be.............
... Hash: SHA1 ... <snip> ... <snip MY answers to YOUR questions> An now that I've taken the time to answer YOUR questions Peter, I'd like to remind you that...
Mike, I really hate to argue with you, of all people. For you got me started with Hercules, and your MVT system was the first running under Hercules that I...
... Awwww thanks! And I don't mind a good principled argument in the slightest. ... <snip> I'm well aware of that... I *did* put a ;-) on the end of message ...
Mike, Well, I guess this comes down to two venerable principles of jurisprudence, neither of which applies, mind you, outside of our legal systems: 1) The...
... Two excellent principles, which can be tempered within a 'semi- public' forum. For instance, Jay could (arguably not unreasonably) have taken a different...
Mike, No, unless I'm very much mistaken, he was banned. And, indeed, I still don't find it justified, this despite the fact that he recently sent me a rather,...
Has anyone looked into whether it is possible to run OS/390 under Hercules on a P390? I'm interested in peoples calm and rational views on this and am not...
... I don't know if Hercules will build on OS/2 these days, but I do know that Linux will run on the P/390's 390 processor (with a little low magic), and have...
I suggest that you read your license. If OS/390 is licensed to the P/390 card, remove it from the PC-Server 500, wrap it in non-flammable plastic, and put it...
... uhmmm... silly question time. How is this different from running in a different PC? and... where are you going to find a motherboard that would fit ?...
... "somitcw" <somitcw@e...> ... The PC-Server 500 has a serial number on the case. If the OS/390 license is tied to the case serial number, the license may ...
Hercules also has a copyright, Fish's stuff also has a copyright, this note I'm writing is also copyrighted. MVS 3.8j is no-charge software that IBM has always...
I'm not a mouthpiece and don't know IBM's intent. I do know that IBM has had and still has no-charge software and products. If IBM offers something for down...
... You are correct: it only applies after 1978. These sources are older than that. ... I did, before releasing MVS 3.8J. I also had this discussion with IBM's...
Oh come on guys - think for a minute. Peter's company has a vey good product, and they make a good deal of money off it, partly (though not primarily) because...
a hypothetical case 1) Does os/390 software license transfer with a p/390 to a new owner? 2) A p/390 that is in bad shape and not bootable and needs lots of ...
Well, just as a quick off the top of my head answer, OS/390 is licensed to the P/390 processor, not the machine the processor is running in. (My read, not...
In this year of political madness, I have been asked to evaluate a "possible" situation. Please, without any flaming, what thoughts would you be willing to...
Has free (i.e. open source) ... locations? In particular, ... to illegally run software (and ... otherwise have been ... So it's actually not possible that...
I worked with a fellow in the 70's that was forced by his ties to his family to move back to India and continue the family line. He and a brother and sister...
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