You found the Personal Edition - the Learner's is much less expensive - see this article https://abopen.com/news/ibm-lowers-barrier-to-mainframe-entry-with-zdt-learners-edition-licence/
Hope this helps. And you are correct - in ALL my communications with IBM about the LE they repeated that it was for educational purposes and NOT to be used to create software for distribution - not for commercial and not for open-source. Lionel B. Dyck <>< Website: https://www.lbdsoftware.com Github: https://github.com/lbdyck “Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what you are, reputation merely what others think you are.” - - - John Wooden -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Monday, April 25, 2022 06:46 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: z/PD&T LE cost OK. did a better search. Found it is currently US $5,540/yr. No mention of any NDA. And the Learner's Edition is "being redone", whatever that means. On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 6:21 AM John McKown <john.archie.mck...@gmail.com> wrote: > I apologize if I missed this information in a previous post. I have > two questions about z/DT & T Personal Edition. > > 1) How much does it cost? To acquire & yearly thereafter. > 2) Does it require any sort of NDA? If so, what does the NDA cover, > assuming any NDA which might exist allows you to say anything about > the NDA itself. > > My interest is strictly as a "hobbyist". IIRC, if I do write something > interesting, I _cannot_ distribute it in any way. I can use my > experience and knowledge on another z/OS system, but cannot directly copy the > code. > Although I don't know how IBM could ever determine if I did actually > copy the exact code to, say, the CBTTape z/OS system or an employer's system. > But I am a bit OCD about standing by my words, which is basically what > a contract is all about (in a non-legal kind of way. Contracts don't > cause or stop a person from an action, they just allow for a legally > enforced punishment by society.) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
