Yeah, I was trying to make a bit of a funny. Guess it didn't work. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Grant Taylor Sent: Friday, October 29, 2021 8:05 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: IBM ZDNT Learner's Edition - beware
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 But I don't want to look this gift horse in the mouth, lest it be withdrawn.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. -- Grant. . . . unix || die ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action omitted in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
