Re: SXMACLIB

"Since they published the code without
copyright notices"

Youre sadly mistaken.

Joe

On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 10:05 PM kerravon86-/[email protected] [H390-MVS] <
[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
> ---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.
> 
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