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> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of McKown, John
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List
> > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ken Porowski
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 3:41 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: Computerworld: London Stock Exchange to Abandon Windows
> >
> >
> > But isn't there a legal distinction between translation in
> > memory which
> > is transient and hard coded (in millicode or silicon)?
>
> I certainly don't know. Is an emulator legal when it emulates a
patented instruction (think
> Hercules/390) without a license from the patent holder? If not, then
what about a "compiler" which
> "compiles" the instruction into a different set of instructions which
are functionally equivalent
> (think PSI)? Personally, I am not a lawyer, but I'd bet that both
cases would be considered a
> violation of the patent. I think this due to Funsoft's problems with
IBM about Flex-ES licensing and
> IBM's suing of PSI.
All of which serves little more than to stifle innovation, competition
and progress, and maintain a "virtual shortage" of lawyers. What was
that legislation enacted by CONgress a few years ago that is derisively
called "the Lawyers' Full Employment Assurance Act"?
-jc-
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