I give permission for anyone to use that COBOL input-exit however they like. I did ask my manager's, manager's manager (!!) if it was OK to post non-business related COBOL code I developed at work to github and the like and he said it was fine. Did not go as far as discussing a LICENSE to use, and I doubt much he'll care to have a long discussion about it...
Frank ________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Charles Mills <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 3:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: COBOL integrated pre-processor, API in general What I have done in that situation is written to the author looking for specific permission for the very specific way in which I wished to use the code, and assuming permission were granted, embedding the question, the response, and a reference to the e-mail thread in comments in the included code. Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Monday, April 17, 2017 7:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: COBOL integrated pre-processor, API in general On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 5:12 PM, Bill Woodger <[email protected]> wrote: > Frank Swarbrick posted an example COBOL compiler input-exit last year, > to allow the embedding of linkageeditor/binder statements. It is on > IBM's COBOL Cafe. I can't provide a link because I currently get > "Problem loading...". > > Got it. Really wish that Frank had put in some sort of LICENSE document. I'm a bit more sensitive to copyright issues due to some of the lawsuits in the past. I especially remember the SCO vs. IBM lawsuit (which SCO keeps trying to revive) when IBM started supporting Linux on the z. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO/Linux_controversies. I really doubt that Frank, or his employer, would actually take any action. But I never underestimate the power of human stupidity and greed. -- "Irrigation of the land with seawater desalinated by fusion power is ancient. It's called 'rain'." -- Michael McClary, in alt.fusion Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
