>That's why I was asking. I don't want to take a chance >of violating our license. But, what is the difference >between actually copying the file from z/OS to my Linux >desktop, for the purpose of compilation, versus making >the jar files available via NFS exports on the z/OS >system to the Linux system?
We can leave "z/OS" out of this discussion, because it isn't germane. Insert (machine-licensed) "Oracle Database," for example, and it'll be the same answer. Software which is licensed to a particular machine is for that machine. If you want to run it on another machine, you need a license for that machine. (With narrow exceptions if they're permitted in the license agreement, such as disaster recovery. There is certain permitted use of the ISPF Workstation Agent, to pick another example.) The technical means of copying the file(s) don't matter. Floppy disk, NFS, BitTorrent... doesn't matter. Whole product or one file... doesn't matter. The license agreement doesn't permit you to do any of those things without a license for the target machine. If you obtain the particular file in question from the vendor through a vendor-authorized avenue, with a valid license agreement for the target machine, then you're fine. Kirk described a vendor download path which looks OK. >Your point is well taken. Which is why I have not done >anything before determining what is allowed by the >license. Thank goodness. At least one of my customers was not so prudent. :-( If you're in doubt about permitted use, just ask the vendor first. I don't speak for IBM, but in my experience at least IBM is quite reasonable when handling such questions and situations. I'm sorry to hear about the corporate politics, with one IT group apparently determined to manage critical assets inefficiently, knowingly, to the apparent detriment of the company's own business interests. I have occasionally seen such behaviors. There are some ways to handle them. Someone else was asking why some customers don't adopt sub-capacity software licensing and Enterprise License Agreements. Darned if I know! I suppose there are exceptions to everything, but, as a general rule, it's just smart financial practice. I'm very happy to advise my customers on how to run their mainframe-related assets at peak efficiency, but on one condition: that I also get a reasonably serious opportunity to advise them on how to manage *all* business costs more efficiently. I find if they're not doing well in the former category, they're also probably not managing well generally. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
