Re: SXMACLIB

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

>> No, they gave up ownership of it.

> Since when?

Since they published the code without
copyright notices.

> Last I checked the MVS access methods in z/os
> are copyrighted works.

I'm talking about MVS 3.8J, not z/OS.

> Last time I checked, all of the instructions from
> the S/370 days are copyrighted.

You can't copyright an instruction. You could
theoretically patent it though, but that only
lasts 20 years, so the instructions have long
become public domain.

> They didnt give up ownership at all.

Yes they did. They released it as public
domain code. Not a copyrighted product.

>> No, it's the public's code.

> No its not. They gave the public a free license
> to use it.

Even if it is copyright freeware, that's fine.
But it isn't. It's public domain.

> Just like you dont own Windows,

Windows has always been copyrighted,
and source code hasn't been released
either. The source code almost certainly
has copyright notices on it. MVS 3.8J is
not like Windows at all.

> the public doesnt own MVS.

Yes we do.

BFN. Paul.