Hercules cannot be "bought" in that sense of the word. It is distributed
under the QPL. IBM could, of course, hire the developers and create a
commercial "fork" in addition to stopping all other development by the
current developers (if they become IBM employees). But that cannot stop
other developers from continuing the "public" Hercules development
(short of lawsuits, of course).
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-----Original Message-----
From: The IBM z/VM Operating System
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Raulerson
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 2:17 PM
To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Subject: Re: IBM sues PSI
Heck, they might just go and buy Hercules then turn it into
their own product. Or the rights to do something like that.
