Well, it's not as bad as it used to be, but the original OE option was designed around passing certification and was missing most of the tools that aren't required but everyone has.
What is the current status of Perl, Python and Ruby in z/os? What about bash? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Matt Hogstrom <m...@hogstrom.org> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2019 10:52 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: calling a webservice using HTTPS from batch (and CICS) You are correct about GPL. The concern is likely historical and not the one that would be made today. There is some discussion at the OMP about hosting the Rocket Ports as a no-registration download. Regardless, USS needs a serious facelift to include tools and utilities commonly available on other *nix variants like Linux and MacOS and Cygwin. Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 Perfer et obdura: dolor hic tibi proderit olim. Be patient and endure: some day, this pain will be useful to you. > On Mar 11, 2019, at 10:32 AM, Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> wrote: > > GPL v3 says "6. Conveying Non-Source Forms. > > You may convey a covered work in object code form under the terms of sections > 4 and 5, provided that you also convey the machine-readable Corresponding > Source under the terms of this License, in one of these ways:" > > They would still need a notice of how to obtain the source. > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of > Matt Hogstrom <m...@hogstrom.org> > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2019 10:25 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: calling a webservice using HTTPS from batch (and CICS) > > Don’t think so. RocketSoftware makes them available for download. I think > the key issue is they are GPL IIRC. > > Matt Hogstrom > m...@hogstrom.org > PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 > > "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.” > - Hanlon’s Razor > >> On Mar 11, 2019, at 10:24 AM, Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> wrote: >> >> Doesn't z/OS come with curl and wget these days? >> >> >> -- >> Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz >> http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 >> >> ________________________________________ >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of >> Paul Gilmartin <0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> >> Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2019 9:21 PM >> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >> Subject: Re: calling a webservice using HTTPS from batch (and CICS) >> >> On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 17:55:25 +0100, Bernd Oppolzer wrote: >>> >>> Now the problem is: I am limited to HTTP at the moment, but customer's >>> politics >>> requires me to do HTTPS in the middle and long term. >>> >> For batch, would "curl" help? (But that depends on the customer's having >> the Rocket Ported Tools installed.) >> >>> I have no idea what I need to do to provide HTTPS communication in the >>> batch and >>> in the CICS case; what are my options and what is the easiest migration >>> path? >> >> -- gil >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
