Re: RPG 400 code on the NET

I don't' think we want to do that, Paul.  If I use someone's code snippet
in a program I write, I want to be able to turn around and sell that
program.  Well, right now I'm working for another company, and we
are using everything in house, but others may want to sell their programs.

I have no objection to giving someone some code, they include it in
a program, then make a million dollars off it, more power to them.

What I think we are talking about here is making everyone's life
a lot easier by making us all reinvent the wheel.

The GPL license says that if you use that code in your program, you
can not then sell your program.

Regards,

Jim Langston

pcunnane@learningco.com wrote:

>      Frank,
>
>      The best approach to sharing code is to copyleft it - check out the
>      GPL (Gnu Public License).  When you share your code, include a
>      reference to the GPL in it.  In this way you guarantee that the code
>      is free, that other people can use the code in any way that they see
>      fit, and that no-one can make any money from using your code.
>
>      Exposing your coding techniques in public gives rise to a peer-review
>      process - if anybody has any comments to make, you can take them as
>      constructive criticism or ignore them, your choice.
>
>      ____________
>      Paul Cunnane
>      The Learning Company
>
>
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>_________________________________
> Subject: Re: RPG 400 code on the NET
> Author:  fkolmann@revlon.com.au at InterNet
> Date:    15-09-99 12:20 pm
>
>
> There was some discussion recently on submitting RPG code.
>
> I would like to raise the following points.
>
> What do you expect to see submitted?
>
> Most RPG programmers get paid a reasonable wage and I doubt would be
> interested in
> giving stuff away for free.
>
> If one charges for code what are the support/warranty/legal implications
> if things
> go wrong.
> <snide remark> (None if you sell really big packages.) <end remark>
>
> How I  include in the code the 'use at your own risk stuff'.   Is there
> a
> guideline/cookbook for how to present it.
>
> How should I submit the code. source only, AS400 save libraries, what
> are the
> install instructions etc.
>
> How do I expose my dirty linen (coding techniques) in public without
> making a
> laughing stock of myself.
>
> How do you control changes to the code or better yet get an
> internet-wide
> collaboration going to really develop something and then get everyone to
> give their
> work away for free.
>
> Anyway, having said all that I got a small utility that I want to give
> away,( it was
> what prompted the above).
>
> The Small Utility.
>
> To improve BPCS program performance SSA recommends that we do
> a.  Run STRDBMON on jobs to find recommended indexes
> b.  Run PRTSQLINF on programs to get a history of SQL statement run by
> the program.
> There are some utilities that can be purchased to help with the analysis
> but again price is an object.
> I have cobbled up a small utility to help with PRTSQLINF.
> It runs PRTSQLINF over up to 10 libraries and sends the printout to a db
> file then it scans the result looking for Arrival seq and created Access
> Paths and sends its output to another DB file SQLINFB. I then run a
> query over SQLINFB picking up those files with recent dates and long run
> times.
>
> Frank
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