Hercules (IBM emulator) under threat?

[Daniel Seagraves]

I figured something like that was going on. I smelled a rat when I saw  
it on slashdot. It didn't make any sense. Thanks for posting.

On Apr 8, 2010, at 2:21 PM, Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com> wrote:

> Eric Smith wrote:
>> It is important to observe that there is a huge distinction between
>> Hercules, an open-source project, and TurboHercules, a commercial  
>> entity
>> selling a commercial, non-open-source software package derived from
>> Hercules.
>
> Not only that, but Hercules (the open source) is specifically used  
> with IBM operating systems for which licensing isn't commercial.   
> (Read: older stuff)  TurboHercules is trying to provide alternate  
> means of running IBM's *current* software.  One is attacking IBM's  
> bottom line, and one isn't.  TurboHercules is trying to take  
> advantage of IBM's generosity in allowing the open source community  
> use of its patents to attack IBM's business.
>
> Peace...  Sridhar