Re: [hercules-390] Re: I'm downloading z/VM from IBM...

On Mon, Aug 04, 2008 at 06:38:45AM -0500, Jay Maynard wrote:
[about the z/VM trial edition:]
> FWIW, there's an interesting bit in the license...but that belongs on
> hercules-advocacy, not here.

The license says, in part:

    z/VM Version 5 Release 3 Evaluation Edition operates on the IBM System
    z10 Enterprise Class (z10 EC). The Program requires hardware that
    implements the IBM 64-bit z/Architecture in order to execute properly
    and therefore You are not authorized to install or use this Program on
    any machine that does not properly implement 64-bit z/Architecture.

Note that it does not say that "you must run this Program only on a z10 EC".
IBM is very, very good at making licenses say exactly what they want them to
mean. To me, this means that the evaluation edition may be run on Hercules
as long as Hercules properly implements the 64-bit z/Architecture.
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