I see.  So I am "free" to anything little thing I want?  Read the GPL.

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From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
John Summerfield
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 4:29 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: IBM has no realistic entry-level offering in the mainframe
space


On Tue, 3 Dec 2002, Steve Guthrie wrote:

> My company writes software that runs identically, for the most part, in
MVS,
> DOS/VSE, OS390 and Z/OS.  GNU has nothing to with it, writing for
> portability does.  Portable does not mean Windows of Sun, in this sense
> anyway.  I have software that was written in 1982 still running in IBM
shops
> today.  That is value.
>
> Please define free.
>
To my mind, the mention of GNU defines "free." Read the GPL.


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Cheers
John.

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