There's the legal issue of copyright but there's also the ethical issue of attribution. It's best to always cite the provenance of sample code.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Bernd Oppolzer <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2018 6:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Compute the maximum return code of all steps (so far) Sorry, this did not come to my mind, because the code appeared in a public forum ... this is the link where I found it: https://secure-web.cisco.com/1b19rHBDbXgiT7T_t-4bcXDnxJmb66xU8eSjNZLoEb6Z-Ou5qovSX5HoQq4TcH4o_1aUABNyGkF6qTr0tA8g18aWwhJHdtWsN162NqRVEf7AC_hkiXNNU3aQ68gISMs_U5rMOb16VA2pL95gcRnWBuDMyN6o3yV_Ku_UD_Di1AepisFh_rMhpLW4gq2E4x6eRg2TtVLSQBDKcEMUGdl2b_fHtSzYglBRH-l4MKmOXER3LrbV6wdBHwdakGsZ7T3-BdM4vIshSH0hfOtJw9tDcxyU3i7pXOnZfo6Hip0zENk440b-rC3ucOAloJ5qofAO55jKbYhevbvD_PWvY_DpDoC436soymxOiZ3EZ9738GZuBDYSWfdYCB-IzKR52NR5q4mMUg5S6R1ab2HIZomS9y4h6CLkX5OU56GF-4B5wkriCvGSrbKG8Zcj_xADBjYEX/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.developpez.net%2Fforums%2Fd1477375%2Fsystemes%2Fautres-systemes%2Fz-os%2Fjcl-sort%2Frecuperation-code-retour-d-job-rexx%2F If I find a snippet of code THAT OPEN on the internet, I normally don't care much about copyright, because IMO the original poster also didn't. But maybe that's too simple minded. Thanks for your advice Kind regards Bernd Am 27.11.2018 um 00:46 schrieb Arthur: > On 26 Nov 2018 13:03:55 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main > (Message-ID:<[email protected]>) > [email protected] (Bernd Oppolzer) wrote: > >> using this as keyword and a well known search engine, >> I found a REXX (from a french site), which I will try tomorrow. >> >> This could be of interest to others, so here is the REXX (unedited, >> no warranty), >> including some original french comments: > > A link, instead of copying the code, would have been better. If the > code hasn't been marked as free to use and copy, this is a possible > copyright violation. Just as bad, the person who wrote this code has > gotten no recognition for it, which is a probable violation even if it > was covered by a Creative Commons license. And, if the coder improves > the program, people who take the code from IBM-Main will not have > those improvements. > > I like the idea of having code where it can be found. A few programs > on the CBT tape are mine. But I *chose* to submit them, and they have > my name on them. Just because it's on the Internet does not mean it's > not copyright. > > OTOH, I congratulate you on finding this code, and thank you for > letting us all know it exists. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
