Olaf, I understand what you mean and Mark left it very clear about the no existence of this situation with Firebird. The question is that, according to the german culture, there is over and over the worry about rights. And, still according to the german point of view, there is no warranty that later anybody will come and ask for the payment of rights, still thinking that currently there is no "Vater" or "Mutter" for Firebird (but, really, Embarcadero now could be thought as the "Grossvater" of this rights). Accordingly with all this questions, better review your project to work with Microsoft SQL Server or any other paid sql server - may be, can be better have first a contract with your customer to pay for and make this review. Then, buy a license for that sql server, and deliver for your customer. If there is no confidence with the current praxis for free software, this is the only way to be in peace with your customer. I hoffe das das etwas geholfen hat.... Viel erfogt ! Mit freundliche Grüsse, Roberto Camargo (mit ein Grossvater aus Westfallen), Rio de Janeiro/Brasilien
________________________________ From: "olaf.kl...@satron.de" <olaf.kl...@satron.de> To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 4:23 PM Subject: Re: [firebird-support] question about copyright law On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:32:39 +0100, olaf.kl...@satron.de wrote: > Hello everybody, > > one of our customer has no confidence in the Copyright Law of the > firebird-database. Is there a certificate for confirmation? We need to > confirm all copyright claims to take over! > > Thank your for your help! What exactly does your customer question? The law (which has nothing to do with Firebird, but with your country), the license or copyright of Firebird, or the license or copyright of the database? You don't register for copyright, copyright is something that is linked with the creation of a work itself, so there is no 'certificate of confirmation' (whatever that is, and whatever legal value such a document would have). The open-source license of Firebird is available for inspection and review, as is the original open-source licnese for the release of Interbase. The history of source changes and their committers can be viewed on sourceforge (through CVS and Subversion). If you really need advise on copyright, I'd advise you took talk to a IP lawyer with experience with open source.. Also I don't understand what you mean with 'We need to confirm all copyright claims to take over!'. Mark Hello Mark and Thomas, our customer thinks, that he must pay for firebird in future, even retroactively. In German: Sie sind ja bestimmt auch über das deutsche Urheberrechtsgesetz in Kenntnis. Ein Internet Ausdruck hat rechtlich absolut keinen Wert, wenn es dem Eigentürmer einfällt Geld zu verdienen so kann er das jederzeit tun. Auch rückwirkend. Nur durch eine Form der Urkunde werden Rechte überlassen. I don't know how can I formulate this words in english. Thanks again Olaf ------------------------------------ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Visit http://www.firebirdsql.org and click the Resources item on the main (top) menu. Try Knowledgebase and FAQ links ! Also search the knowledgebases at http://www.ibphoenix.com ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
