> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:ASSEMBLER- > l...@listserv.uga.edu] On Behalf Of Mike Shaw > Sent: 08 December 2016 18:54 > To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU > Subject: Re: Finding Dave Bond > > Yet another emulator...IBM will not bless this, will they?
They certainly won't bless it, but if what I have gleaned is correct it basically performs a similar task to the Z390 product. http://www.z390.org/ so executing the problem state code and emulating the interfaces and API's. Of course some of the API's and problem state code may be protected by Patents or Copyright. Copyright violations can perhaps be minimized by a clean room approach, and patents perhaps by choosing a suitable country.. So as long as they don't sell the code elsewhere then IBM might have to challenge them in a Swiss court:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patents_under_the_European_Patent_Convention which might be less in favour of a US corporation... .. but of course, I am only musing aloud, and we will have to wait to see actually happens. I guess if they never land a sale then nothing will happen... .. if they I expect things to get interesting... > > Mike Shaw > MVS/QuickRef Support Group > Chicago-Soft, Ltd. Dave Wade > > On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 1:50 PM, Rob van der Heij <rvdh...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > On 8 December 2016 at 19:35, Ed Jaffe <edja...@phoenixsoftware.com> > wrote: > > > > > He lives in Switzerland and works for L^z Labs -- the latest John > > > Moores kill-the-mainframe endeavor... > > > > > > > Shaken, not stirred. License to kill the mainframe? > >
