----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 12:59 AM Subject: Re: OK who messed with the redbook?
> > If the goal is for IBM to protect the 390 intellectual property, they have > > to be "vigilant and/or diligent" in pursuing and enforcing copyright and > > usage of same. If they let this slide, then some other smart lawyer type > > I know of no jurisdiction this is the actual case for copyright. Copyright is not the major issue. > > the price paid by the folks at General Mills when they let the Jell-O(tm) > > trademark fall into the public domain. Thus, they can't be seen to allow > > Trademark rules are quite different. A trademark identifies your product > so if you aren't making sure it identifies your product you are not doing > your job. If Hercules was called something like PC/390 then that might > be a real issue. According to Jay's site the product is called: "The Hercules System/370, ESA/390, and z/Architecture Emulator". That's three IBM trademarks, right there. > If they have sense they will do what Palm did with the emulator folks - > release a commercially supported and branded Hercules product to replace > their toy S/390 on a board product. That would also nicely solve the licensing > issue for non Linux OS's and generate IBM a tidy revenue stream as well as > letting them bury the expensive low volume hardware board. Which they could also do (and have done once before) with FLEX-ES. -- Phil Payne http://www.isham-research.com +44 7785 302 803 +49 173 6242039
