I disagree. OCO, IIRC, started in 1983.

On 2018-11-29 09:18, Tom Marchant wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Nov 2018 16:50:07 -0600, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
>
>> What's the license status of IND$FILE?
>>
>> If it was delivered before IBM licensed software, customers and others
>> are free to use it anywhre, even Hercules.
> Browsing the load module reveals this:
>
> 5665-311 COPYRIGHT IBM CORP 1983,1988; LICENCED MATERIAL - PROPERTY OF IBM, 
> REFER TO COPYRIGHT INSTRUCTIONS FORM NO. G120-2083
>
> 1983 was several years after IBM went OCO.
>
> That, in turn was several years after they started to license and charge for 
> some software.
>


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