On 28 October 2015 at 17:31, R.S. <[email protected]> wrote:
Probably my post yesterday was "TL;DR" (current popular expression for
Too Long; Didn't Read"). I will try again.
> As I said it is possible to know the details without signing an agreement.
Sure.
> Last, but not least: let's imagine I have wrote such piece of code. Just to
> simplify it is zIIP-eligible, but not "Neon-like".
Do you mean *technically zIIP-eligible" or "IBM agreement
zIIP-eligible". It may be the former, but it is not the latter. By
"not Neon-like" I assume you mean it does not run somebody else's code
on a zIIP - only your own.
It is not "IBM agreement zIIP eligible" because you (your company)
have already signed an agreement with IBM that a zIIP engine can be
used for only certain types of work, and your code does not qualify.
The relevant section is:
"d. portions of any program running in Enclave SRB Mode and z/OS base
elements properly invoked by such
program portions, provided:
i. if the program is not an IBM program, the program owner is
licensed to the zIIP Application Programming Interface ("zIIP API")
from IBM, the program utilizes the zIIP API as designed by the program
owner and in compliance with the zIIP API license from IBM,"
Even if you bought your IBM z machine on eBay for €5, you still need a
licence from IBM to use the LIC (loosely "microcode"). And to get that
licence you will have to sign the agreement that contains the above
text.
> IBM is somehow aware of my code. DO I have to asnwer how it was possible that
> I wrote it? I don't
> think so.
A legal question that probably depends on your country's legal system,
among other things. But not highly relevant, I think.
> So, I think it is legal to write a zIIP-eligible code without signing special
> agreement with IBM.
Sure, freedom of expression, etc. But certainly not legal to use your
IBM zIIP engine to run it because of an agreement signed by you/your
company as part of licensing the machine.
> Disclaimer: I'm not going to do anything or convince anyone to do anything
> related to zIIP workload, despite legal or no. Just discussing possible
> logic flaw in the temrs and conditions.
I don't think there is a logic flaw; certainly not the one you purport
to describe. Some terms and conditions are vague, but they can be
interpreted in a consistent way.
Tony H.
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