There is no ethical or legal reason to consider Hercules an illegal counterfeit, nor has IBM made such a claim. The legal issue is running licensed software without paying for an applicable license. Unless IBM gives you a license to run, e.g., z/OS, on Hercules then there is no legal way to do it.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Bob Bridges [robhbrid...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2020 7:23 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Bringing up skills learned on z/OS Hercules in interview? 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? --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures. -Daniel Webster */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Grant Taylor Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2020 15:02 In my opinion, IBM will never sanction Hercules. I think that mentioning Hercules in the specific context of MVS 3.8j or S/390 Linux or other free / non-licensed OSs is probably okay. Doing so in a way that shows that you understand and respect the licensing situation is probably a good thing. --- On 4/9/20 10:55 AM, scott Ford wrote: > Until Hercules is sanctioned by IBM I wouldnt mentioned it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
