I'm sorry; I'm obviously missing your point. Companies work to prevent disclosing their proprietary code to others. Therefore, I think it would be difficult to get IBM and third-party software vendors to open up their proprietary code for review.
An NDA with a non-trust-worthy person is close to worthless. Software vendors do not want to give competitors access to their proprietary code, not even with a NDA. Most vendors do not want to give their customers access to their proprietary code, or only with a NDA. Don Williams > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 4:48 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Heads Up: APAR IO11698 - New SAF FACILITY class definition > required for any SMP/E use > > On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:41:01 -0400, Don Williams wrote: > > >> Reviewed by whom? Will IBM make the pertinent information available > >> (presumably under NDA)? > > > >Inquiring minds want to know... > > > >Should a competing software vendor with proprietary code be willing to > let > >IBM review their source code, etc.? > >Should IBM be willing to let a third-party software vendor know how to > >exploit an exposure in IBM code? > >... > > > There should be no cause for concern as long as the information > is made available only to persons "... as trusted, for example, > as users who have authority to update APF authorized libraries." > > >Chicken Little does not know which came first, the chicken or the egg. > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
