Hi Dean I have gone through a number of detailed sessions with Microsoft on issues of Piracy and Microsoft regards improper licensing of database licenses in the same light as running one version of Word on multiple PCs. In my estimation there are probably more companies who have run into trouble with Microsoft over misuse of database license that misuse of Office licenses.
Please don't shoot the messenger I am only passing on what I am aware of licensing legalities. The complexities of licensing has to be studied very carefully and is dependent on databases, licensing agreements and methods of use. It is not to say a situation is right or wrong it is a question if it fits the licensing agreement. Unfortunately many people feel that if something is technically possible, then it is legally possible which is not the case. Your examples if you have 500 staff requesting reports from 2 IT people who do the processing then it is obvious 2 users license. Your example of Web Services is difficult. If the database has named licensing then everyone who accesses the database requires a license or you purchase a license per processor. With U2 the licensing is concurrent and the licensing is according to demand. Ie if 100 users could access the system at the same time then you would need a 100 licenses. However if you use a 3rd party product to process the 100 users through 10 licenses then you could fall foul of licensing issues. The other area that may expose you to license issues if you use persistence then you may cross the line again. This is not as simple and clear cut as many may think and it does fall under strict copyright laws. Regards David Jordan ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
