More detail now: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6141512.html
- Program controlled rounding - Method and apparatus for determining floating point data class - Address translation buffer for data processing system emulation mode - Method and apparatus for fully restoring a program context following an interrupt - Table offset for shortening translation tables from their beginnings All or most appear to be at least HW-related. I'm a little unclear whether the fourth one is HW or SW. The last one is really going to tick off the anti-patent folks on this list -- it's John Gilmore's virtually-based arrays! Don't forget that the title and all of the other "stuff" in a patent don't determine what is patented, only the "claims" are what the patent covers. Glancing at some IBM customer agreements here and there I don't see any patent license terms, but it was not an exhaustive search. Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Harminc Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 2:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: IBM sues maker of Intel-based Mainframe clones Charles Mills wrote: > The patents allegedly are on OS/390 and z/OS however, not hardware. Yes - I found that intriguing. Presumably a customer who licenses a copy of z/OS to run on a z9 gets a licence to all relevant patents thrown in; how could anyone do business without? So why wouldn't a licence to run on a PSI box include the same thing? Or is it not a patent licence, but just a promise not to sue - a promise IBM is not willing to extend to users of non-IBM hardware? It's also quite possible that the IBM PR people simply got their claims wrong. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
