On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 8:57 AM, Denis Gäbler <denisgaeb...@netscape.net>wrote:
> Taking the electric meter example. What if I install solar electicity > panels? Am I stealing ressources and bypass the power companies meter? Am I > not allowed to use the electricity that the panels produce, just because I > have a contract with the power company? Or am I not allowed to replace the > old lamps with energy saver lamps, just because I have a contract with the > power company? > Thats difficult. But I am not a lawyer. Just comparing. > No, but that's not a good analogy. The solar panels are more like offloading work to an Intel or AIX box than running it on a processor that you were sold at a reduced price under certain T&Cs. I like the "medical power socket" analogy very much! > > By that definition any attempt to rewrite a CICS transaction to run parts > of the work as SRB would be a violation, since that piece of software would > likely not be eligable by the definition of IBM?! So with a PC example, do I > have to ask Microsoft to write a software that speeds up the Windows bootup > process and sell it? > Or assuming that a software tweeks an operating systems control block to > e.g. allow to run as zxxP eligable is considered violating some agreement, > any software (e.g. delta VT or Omegamon or Mainview) that manipulates > control blocks for ease of use or saving an IPL (which burns CPU and > ressources) would be also considered unauthorized software, because rather > than using documented APIs it changes bits in control? blocks of licensed > IBM software and it might over a period of 12 months save you buying one > additional CP? > The courts will (presumably) look at the result, which is pretty simple: non-eligible work is running on a box that was explicitly sold *at a reduced price* with Ts&Cs defining "eligible work". The zPRIME users are plugging their TVs (or more likely their space heaters) into the medical socket. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
