On 10/29/21 6:38 PM, Pommier, Rex wrote:
Reading this thread it almost seems to me like "zDNT" learner's edition is an acronym for zDoNotTry. I hope I'm wrong because I want to retire some day and when I do, it would be fun to have a cheap z/OS learning system/playground to learn about all the stuff my daytime job doesn't offer me the time to do.
I believe that the zD&T-Learners Edition will do all the things that I want to do. I specifically want to play on my own z/OS system to learn about it and try things. Everything I do on it will be in pursuit of learning z/OS and other associated products. I'm confident that I will end up doing some programming on it, but it will be explicitly in the pursuit of learning about the platform.
I believe that my use case falls squarely in the zD&T-LE agreement. I believe the ~$120 per year is a reasonable way for me to do what I want legally and with IBM's blessing. I feel no need to do anything more ... questionable.
I also think it's important that we not complain about the zD&T-LE before it gets out of the gate. -- Questions about what it is and what we're allowed to do are probably okay. But I don't want to look this gift horse in the mouth, lest it be withdrawn.
As for those wanting to do some development for non-commercial / (FL)OSS projects, I wonder if the next step up for $120 per month might allow that. I suspect that the next step up beyond that, $~5k per year, would be required for developing things for commercial projects. But that is my loose understanding ... <bla> <bla> <bla> ... I'm not a lawyer.
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