> -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Adam Thornton > Sent: 29 July 2009 02:26 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: z/VM 6.1 and Hercules on Z9 > > On Jul 28, 2009, at 6:32 PM, John McKown wrote: > > > On Tue, 28 Jul 2009, Adam Thornton wrote: > > > >> On Jul 28, 2009, at 4:25 PM, Edward M Martin wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> I can say that, 1) it is illegal to run z/VM (pick a version) > >>> under Hercules, 2) they do not like it, and 3) they do not have any > >>> sense of humor. > >> > >> Perfectly fine to run it under Hercules on the processor z/VM is > >> licensed to. > > > > And how would you get IBM to license z/VM 6.1 to you when they know > > that > > you don't have a z10? IBM is not under any obligation to license their > > software to anybody. Now, if IBM ever said "NO" simply because "we > > don't > > like you", that might be a very interesting lawsuit. > > I'm not denying that the original poster may not have a legal way to > do it. > > I am specifically objecting to Edward Martin's Point 1. There's a > perfectly legal way to run z/VM under Hercules. Not that you'd > necessarily want to. But I did run 64-bit z/VM 4.4 on my H70, and I > might be the only person who can say that. >
I seem to recall it being mentioned somewhere that after the PSI debacle IBM amended the license terms to specifically prohibit the use of zVM under Emulation of any kind thus closing this loophole. > Adam Dave
