All, Why can’t IBM or other vendors somehow license their apis so other vendors may use them. It seems to me that would benefit a lot of customers and vendors ?
Scott On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 11:35 AM Charles Mills <charl...@mcn.org> wrote: > Interesting. Thanks. > > Similar issues here: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Dev._Corp._v._Borland_Int%27l,_Inc. > > I remember that one well. Would seem to say that the interface is not > protectable, only the implementation thereof. No national precedent because > SCOTUS did not really rule. > > Charles > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Timothy Sipples > Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2020 10:18 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: LzLabs > > Shmuel Metz wrote: > >Google for "look and feel lawsuit". It's illegal to run > >z/OS on an unlicensed platform; it is perfectly legal to > >implement the z/OS interfaces that you need. How well, > >e.g., UNICICS, runs is a separate issue. > > Let's leave aside the "edge cases" involving laws in certain sanctioned > countries. > > It isn't actually a settled issue in the United States; it's a very live > issue. The upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case, Google v. Oracle America, > significantly bears on the U.S. legality of reimplementing somebody else's > APIs. See this article for background: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_v._Oracle_America > > IBM filed an amicus brief supporting Google's position. Google won two > jury trials, but the U.S. Federal Circuit Court overturned both verdicts. > In November, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear Google's appeal. > The Supreme Court had to postpone the March, 2020, oral arguments due to > the COVID-19 pandemic, so the case is still pending. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Scott Ford IDMWORKS z/OS Development ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
