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Isn't this exactly the same restrictions that IBM imposes on licensees of the z/OS operating system? You can run z/OS just fine on Hercules (mainframe emulator
by lokedhs 7y ago
Isn't this exactly the same restrictions that IBM imposes on licensees of the z/OS operating system?
You can run z/OS just fine on Hercules (mainframe emulator) but IBM does not allow it, and for this reason no one does it.
Given the potential profit in providing emulated z/OS hardware, the fact that no one provides this is quite telling.
- pankajdoharey 7y agoWell no one can make illegal copies of Windows, its the same with iOS.
- Aloha 7y agoLots of folks do it, no one is tries to make money off of it (or at least stops trying after the initial letters from IBM legal arrives). Hercules is an interesting case because it's widely rumored to be used inside IBM to run modern System Z releases. In this case however the company in question isn't just making and selling an emulator you can run iOS on, its selling hosted iOS as a service, which is a clear license violation - just making the emulator and instructions for use available for sale would be quite legal.
- fragmede 7y agoThe Psystar case (or at least, my read of Apple's opinion of that situation), implies that Apple (circa early 2000s) considers making such an emulator available would not legal.
- Aloha 7y agoThe issue with the Psystar people was they were selling configured systems loaded with software, not a kit the end user would assemble themselves.