> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott > Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 11:13 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: compiling Java question - z/OS jar(s) on non-z/OS? > > Raising warning of piracy or some nonsense over this is > pretty stupid. It's > a jar that's used to write software for z/OS. It's not being > executed on > your system, it's simply used to write software for z/OS. > > Furthermore, > > http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/zosjavabatchtk/download > > You can download it right there. > > Even if it weren't so widely available, common sense is a > good thing.
"Common sense" is antithetical to "legality". > If > you're copying something that is--specifically--a very > expensive/useful > thing, you're probably liable to get slammed. If you're > copying a .jar file > so you can write "Hello World" onto a Mainframe console, IBM would be > laughed out of court for suing you. Assuming that I was not immediately fired by my company for "causing them a legal problem". You have to make it to court, at a fair expense, before something can be "laughed out" of it. In the 80s, this would be no problem. Thanks to Bush and Obama, it is a major problem today. Sorry about the political jab - I hate all of them any more. > > Scott -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
