Runtime Library Components
The runtime library components in COBOL for Linux® on x86 1.2 cannot be redistributed with COBOL applications.
COBOL for Linux on x86 1.2 is licensed under the Virtual processor Core (VPC) pricing metric. VPC is a unit of measurement that is used to determine the licensing cost of IBM® products. It is based on the number of virtual cores (vCPUs) that are available to the product. A vCPU is a virtual core that is assigned to a virtual machine or a physical processor core if the server is not partitioned for virtual machines.
COBOL applications that run on a different virtual machine (or a different physical processor core if the server is not partitioned for virtual machines) than the one on which it was developed require COBOL for Linux on x86 1.2 to be installed and licenses purchased for the vCPUs available to the product on that machine.