From: joemonk64@gmail.com   
      
   > In that case, you're not the author of the products you sell   
   > either. IBM is. You used their compiler for whatever language   
   > you wrote them in.   
      
   Says who?   
      
   >   
   > Don't go taking credit for other people's hard work in writing   
   > a compiler.   
      
   I'm not.   
      
   > And your mother made you too. So anything that isn't IBM's   
   > work, is your mother's work. Don't claim credit for what she did.   
      
   No she didnt. God made me.   
      
   >   
   > > You're the author   
   >   
   > Ok, we have common ground. I claimed to be an author, and   
   > you agree, I'm an author.   
   > > of a patch which makes what you call "MVS/380 and VM/380"   
   > I'm not sure where you draw the line between "patch" and   
   > "new development", but that's a semantic debate. It sure   
   > as hell wasn't some sort of bug fix.   
      
   But it doesnt exist independently. I can't boot MVS/380 or VM/380.   
      
   > > simply a patched MVS 3.8J and VM/370 R6 PUT 17.   
   > Yes, it was based on those public domain products. So?   
   > What's wrong with extending public domain code to make   
   > a new product? That's the beauty of it. You don't need to   
   > write from scratch. That's my intended use for PDOS too.   
   > You can use it as an unrestricted base.   
      
   Yes, with attribution.   
      
   Joe   
      
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