On Tuesday, 06/20/2006 at 11:07 AST, "Roland P. Chung" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Reading between the lines: customer cannot order a copy of > z/VM 4.40 because it has been pulled from marketing. The > system just don't accept the order. But, if the customer > can get a copy from other places, IBM will let the customer > uses it as long as the customer registers the software with > IBM and is paying the licence fee. IBM wouldn't ask where > the customer obtained the copy from. "... this pratice (of > getting a copy of the software from other customer other > than from IBM) is neither recommended or condomed (by us)."
I've talked, like, a million times about READING your license agreement, which is a binding legal document. It's a short document and worth the effort. The IBMer who told you that it was ok is wrong. It is not ok, not in the fashion you describe. There does exist a legal method that (a) approves getting a copy from a 3rd party, and (b) gives the 3rd party permission to give you a copy of the software. It, too, is a legal document signed by IBM lawyers, your lawyers, and the 3rd party lawyers. If anyone wants to give you IBM software, encourage them to their BP or IBMer and tell him/her that they want a "3rd party agreement". (This is how your software is licensed for use at a DR site, btw.) Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
