Re: SXMACLIB

"kerravon86-/[email protected] [H390-MVS]" <[email protected]> 28 Sep 2019 02:34:04 +0000

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---In [email protected], <joemonk64@...> wrote :

>> on a free operating system.

> Its not free.

It (MVS/380) is free. Just like MVS 3.8J before it.

> Its not yours to declare as free.

No, it was IBM's choice to declare it as free,
and my choice to declare my modifications
also free, just like IBM's.

> 95% of it belongs to ibm.

No, it doesn't belong to IBM, it belongs to
the public. That's what public domain means.

> They wrote it.

Correct.

> They own it.

No, they gave up ownership of it.

> It's their code.

No, it's the public's code.

> Not yours.

Correct. It's not mine, it's the public's.

BFN. Paul.