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Re: Legally Running z/OS on Hercules

laddiehanus — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:54:35 GMT

... When I worked at IBM many years ago customer data was confidential. Any IBM'er responding to this would probably become an ex-IBM'er. Laddie

Re: Legally Running z/OS on Hercules

Dave Wade — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:53:31 GMT

I sometimes think that IBM invented the "NDR" (non-disclosure agreement) but I expect that any legal use of zOS, zVM or zVSE, be it within IBM or by a

Re: Legally Running z/OS on Hercules

Stan Saraczewski — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:35:55 GMT

You won't get a definitive answer here. ... The statement below is true. The statement above is false. ... From: vencain Subject:

Re: Legally Running z/OS on Hercules

Jay Maynard — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:19:58 GMT

... The problem is that the authoritative answer can only come from IBM. There have been users in the past outside IBM who were authorized to run z/OS on

Re: Legally Running z/OS on Hercules

vencain — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:31:06 GMT

Yes. My point was that telling folks to try and locate someone within IBM as to whether any of this group's members were allowed to run z/OS under Hercules

Re: Legally Running z/OS on Hercules

Stan Saraczewski — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:57:54 GMT

'User community' ? Isn't that this mailing list ? ... The statement below is true. The statement above is false. ... From: vencain

Re: Legally Running z/OS on Hercules

vencain — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:53:50 GMT

Not to fan the flames, but if Scott wants to ask whether anyone running Hercules has obtained a license from IBM to run z/OS I think a simple response of yes,

Re: Legally Running z/OS on Hercules

somitcw — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 02:27:54 GMT

... "sccosel" wrote: - - - old notes snipped - - - ... "I" assUme that "I" can legally run OS/390 under Hercules. For even older software, at

Re: Legally Running z/OS on Hercules

sccosel — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:40:00 GMT

... You missed the point on this one. I was trying to paint the picture that some people might be using Hercules to clandestinely run z/OS under Hercules with

Re: Legally Running z/OS on Hercules

somitcw — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:12:29 GMT

... Perhaps I was not clear enough. It is up to IBM who and under what conditions they authorized people to run their for-charge code and where it can run. I

Re: Legally Running z/OS on Hercules

Dave Wade — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:58:50 GMT

Scott, Firstly the rules have changed. The case was that if you had a P/390 you were allowed to run the software on the physical PC with the P/390 card in it.

Re: Legally Running z/OS on Hercules

Mike Schwab — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:28:36 GMT

People DO run z/OS. Getting a License is the only issue. IBM decided to sue PSI, and stopped issuing / renewing Flex-ES licenses, stranding a lot of

Re: Legally Running z/OS on Hercules

sccosel — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:11:50 GMT

Based upon the answers I have been receiving, I am not encouraged. On the surface, this question seems fairly straight-forward. The designers of Hercules made

Re: Legally Running z/OS on Hercules

somitcw — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:55:45 GMT

... I'm not a mouth-piece. Call IBM. IBM owns the software. IBM sets the rules for their software. I'm not a mouth-piece. I don't believe that IBM normally