On 4/9/20 5:23 PM, Bob Bridges wrote:
This is new to me. I've heard of Hercules, but I never heard that
it is considered, or that IBM would like it to be considered, an
illegal counterfeit. Is there any ethical reason for that viewpoint?
No, forget "ethical"; I guess I can make up my own mind about that
(and there'll never be a consensus on it). Is there any ~legal~
basis for the assertion?
My understanding is that the crux of the issue is the license for MVS
(newer than 3.8j), OS/390, and z/OS. In short, those OSs require IBM
""hardware to legally run them.
Seeing as how Hercules is decidedly /not/ IBM ""hardware, running any of
the aforementioned OSs means that you are doing so illegally.
At least that's my layman's understanding. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
I say ""hardware, because IBM does have zPDT / RDz that is — as I
understand it — a purely software solution with the caveat of a hardware
license dongle. But the mainframe hardware is completely emulated in
software.
--
Grant. . . .
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