> Since we to bundle SAPDB with the produc we are > developing and as per the findings this is completely > free. I just wanted to know if the three things we > require for the development : > 1. Kernel > 2. JDBC Driver > 3. SQLStudio > Are these free or shall i need to buy any one of these ... > Can any one may be the officials reply appropriately and > immediately. It is very sensitive matter so need the proper > and authenticated reply.
There are (almost) no restrictions on redistributing SAP DB. The only thing mandated by the GNU General Public Licence: - you must state somewhere that SAP DB (but not your software) is published under the GPL - if you sell your product on CD-ROM, a copy of the source code of SAP DB must be included - if you make your software + SAP DB downloadable, a link to the SAP DB sources must be provided. This has to be a link to your own server and not to our server as we might change server names, file names etc. JDBC and the other programming interfaces are distributed under the GNU Library Public Licence. This means that you can link them with your own software without your software being Open Source. So you don't have to pay or sign anything if you want to redistribute SAP DB or parts of it. For details, you might want to read the GPL FAQ at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html. Daniel Dittmar -- Daniel Dittmar SAP DB, SAP Labs Berlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sapdb.org/ _______________________________________________ sapdb.general mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.sap.com/mailman/listinfo/sapdb.general
