Re: Corporate lawsuit exposure Was: k4t4949b (September 2016 refresh of the z/OS 2.2 manuals)

2016-09-21 Thread Jesse 1 Robinson
Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Jack J. Woehr Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 4:40 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: (External):Re: Corporate lawsuit exposure Was: k4t4949b (September 2016 refresh of the z/OS 2.2 manuals) Joel C. Ewing wrote

Re: Corporate lawsuit exposure Was: k4t4949b (September 2016 refresh of the z/OS 2.2 manuals)

2016-09-20 Thread Jack J. Woehr
Joel C. Ewing wrote: Unfortunately in a large corporate environment you may have a large number of users with access to workstations who are not sophisticated enough to understand software licensing distinctions. My experience in Fortune 100 Land is that these policies readily transmute

Re: Corporate lawsuit exposure Was: k4t4949b (September 2016 refresh of the z/OS 2.2 manuals)

2016-09-20 Thread Lester, Bob
Hi Joel, Indeed. We are a fairly small shop (less than 2,000 employees). We do not allow end-users or most IT folks to install software on their company device. Too many variables - Licensing is a big one for use, but we're also concerned about any software that talks to our