Re: opinion? writing z/OS FOSS code which requires z/OS 2.1 +

2016-03-29 Thread Scott Ford
Rick, Also take into account the type of person doing the design some ppl are 'part to whole' others are 'whole to part'. Like John, I have been thinking about some tool, i work for a Identity Management Software company, so my thoughts are want is needed or wanted in RACF or ACF2 or Top-Secret

Re: opinion? writing z/OS FOSS code which requires z/OS 2.1 +

2016-03-29 Thread John McKown
On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 6:37 PM, Rick Troth wrote: > Do a little googling on the license question. I can't think of any > problems from going with the MIT license, but IANAL. > > > On 03/28/16 10:25, John McKown wrote: > >> ... >> Anyway, I'm still thinking of how it will be

Re: opinion? writing z/OS FOSS code which requires z/OS 2.1 +

2016-03-28 Thread Rick Troth
Do a little googling on the license question. I can't think of any problems from going with the MIT license, but IANAL. On 03/28/16 10:25, John McKown wrote: ... Anyway, I'm still thinking of how it will be designed. But I am curious if the requirement of z/OS 2.1 would make it unusable to

Re: opinion? writing z/OS FOSS code which requires z/OS 2.1 +

2016-03-28 Thread Tom Marchant
On Mon, 28 Mar 2016 09:38:10 -0500, Tom Marchant wrote: >On Mon, 28 Mar 2016 09:25:03 -0500, John McKown wrote: > >>It will be >>developed, probably slowly, on a friend's z/OS 2.2 system. The application >>will use facilities which only exist on z/OS 2.1 and above. >

Re: opinion? writing z/OS FOSS code which requires z/OS 2.1 +

2016-03-28 Thread Tom Marchant
On Mon, 28 Mar 2016 09:25:03 -0500, John McKown wrote: >It will be >developed, probably slowly, on a friend's z/OS 2.2 system. The application >will use facilities which only exist on z/OS 2.1 and above. >I am curious if >the requirement of z/OS 2.1 would make it unusable to a lot of people

opinion? writing z/OS FOSS code which requires z/OS 2.1 +

2016-03-28 Thread John McKown
I am seriously starting to think about a "learning" project. That is, this will be done on my own time, not using company resources. It will be developed, probably slowly, on a friend's z/OS 2.2 system. The application will use facilities which only exist on z/OS 2.1 and above. In particular, the