On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:29:51 -0500, Kenneth E Tomiak wrote: > >The non-api front-end that calls the API is to blame for not returning all the >output it should. I reported the defect to IBM because the RXGIMAPI base >code comes out of SAMPLIB with a 1981 copyright and is broken. Likely has >been and either no one noticed or those that did failed to report the error. > A few questions:
o Is the relevant SAMPLIB member GIMASAMP? o I'm surprised at the 1981 copyright date. Isn't the SMP/E API considerably newer than that? I'd not expect a sample to so antedate the underlying function. (The CSECT name, BALAPI, hints at even older technology.) The earliest change log entries in the similar C and PL/I members are dated 1996, and I thought all appeared concurrently. o Does IBM accept APARs on SAMPLIB members? Many (though not GIMAPI) bear an "as-is" disclaimer. o Doesn't the copyright notice prohibit creating and distributing derivative works? I recognize that prohibiting derivative works much defeats the purpose of supplying samples. But I don't expect IBM's lawyers to have much more common sense than typical lawyers. Is there, perhaps, elsewhere a blanket statement cedeing IBM's copyright rights for code distributed as samples? Might IBM routinely on request grant such permission? -- 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
