On Wed, 6 Aug 2014 21:45:12 -0400, Thomas Conley wrote:

>On 8/6/2014 9:45 AM, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
>>>
>>> http://www-03.ibm.com/software/products/en/ratideveandtestenviforsystz
>>>
>> Where I read:
>>
>>      Note: Rational Development and Test Environment for System z can only 
>> be used for
>>      development, test, employee education, or demonstration of applications 
>> that run on
>>      z/OS. It may not be used for production workloads of any kind, nor for 
>> robust
>>      development workloads including without limitation production module 
>> builds,
>>      pre-production testing, stress testing, or performance testing.
>>
>> "... development, test [but not] robust development ... or performance 
>> testing"?
>>
>> I see some blurred lines here.  I wonder how the lawyers clarify them?
>> "I know it when I see it"  -- Justice Potter Stewart
>
>No blurred lines.  We asked for a Personal Use license (some called it
>Hobbyist, a pejorative term that I think held us back) for z/OS, and IBM
>delivered.  You can't use it for commercial development or production.
>You can use it for testing and education.  That screams Personal Use to me.
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>
On Wed, 6 Aug 2014 12:21:54 -0400, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote:
>    ...
>OTOH an obvious boon for genuine ISV's ...
> 
Not.

-- gil

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