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Article #112Re: Licence question
From: Craig Stuntz TeamB
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 12:27
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 12:27
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Dingus wrote: > IB6.0 Version 1.0.1.340 that came packed with Delphi7. That's the IBConsole version, not the IB version. Right-click on a connected server to see the IB version. > What is this regarded as - open source/closed source The IB included with Delphi is always the commercial version. But you can uninstall it and install the Open Edition from http://mers.com if you prefer. > If I write an application that makes use of this particular version > of IB, and distribute it with the application, does my customer then > need to pay some kind of licence fee, or what? Yes, if you design your app to use the commercial version then you must either resell IB to your customer or require them to purchase it. -- Craig Stuntz [TeamB] . Vertex Systems Corp. . Columbus, OH Delphi/InterBase Weblog : http://blogs.teamb.com/craigstuntz IB 6 versions prior to 6.0.1.6 are pre-release and may corrupt your DBs! Open Edition users, get 6.0.1.6 from http://mers.com
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X-Google-Thread: 106772,982c6b6a0f689159 X-Google-Attributes: gid106772,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit From: "Craig Stuntz [TeamB]" <craig_stuntz@nospam.please [a.k.a. acm.org]> Subject: Re: Licence question Newsgroups: borland.public.interbase.opensource References: <42edf0b2@newsgroups.borland.com> Organization: Vertex Systems Corporation User-Agent: XanaNews/1.17.5.7 X-Face: "huzh55Xi]!ZNni78>a*5+).`SK?<^q2MlHk-C]Z2M9T@\J5ZCB$95Ey+s"XQuhGFA[eutZ:0^AV!Q;t>gE`1-=8d;HZ6~*o1dH<X9\b$!|(}+I'!Xq)@3Op}%0ArW&nf'Qh*EwR NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.106.104.204 Message-ID: <42ee152d$1@newsgroups.borland.com> Date: 1 Aug 2005 05:27:25 -0700 X-Trace: newsgroups.borland.com 1122899245 24.106.104.204 (1 Aug 2005 05:27:25 -0700) Lines: 25 X-Authenticated-User: cstuntz Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!news.glorb.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!pd7cy2so!shaw.ca!news-out.newsgroups.com!propagator2-sterling.newsfeeds.com!in.nntp.be!caladan.landsraad.net!newsgroups.borland.com!not-for-mail