> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Peter Relson
>
> >So as a curiosity question - if you can answer - is access to a zIIP
really
> >being controlled or is lack of knowledge preventing the masses from
rewriting
> >code so everyone buys as few GP engines as they can and matching
zIIPs
> >to lower ISV costs?
>
> >I am not planning on using one in any code I write, just wondering if
> >only the
> >larger ISV's can afford to 'use' the API.
>
> I believe that the information is being given out under a
> license agreement at no or nominal charge (not positive about this).
>
> It would seem imprudent for someone to write code to an
> interface that is licensed without having such a license.
It seems illogical to require a license to *write* code to use an
existing API, but *not* require the same (or similar) license to *run*
code already written to use that API.
-jc-
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