"LICENCED" suggests UK origin. Interesting.

On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 9:19 AM Tom Marchant <
[email protected]> wrote:

> On Wed, 28 Nov 2018 16:50:07 -0600, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
>
> >What's the license status of IND$FILE?
> >
> >If it was delivered before IBM licensed software, customers and others
> >are free to use it anywhre, even Hercules.
>
> Browsing the load module reveals this:
>
> 5665-311 COPYRIGHT IBM CORP 1983,1988; LICENCED MATERIAL - PROPERTY OF
> IBM, REFER TO COPYRIGHT INSTRUCTIONS FORM NO. G120-2083
>
> 1983 was several years after IBM went OCO.
>
> That, in turn was several years after they started to license and charge
> for some software.
>
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