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MS Access Forum / Database Design / May 2005Licencing
Hi, I am creating a simple database to maintain survey data and calculate some statistics. I work for myself but there might be an oppportunity to sell my Intellectual Property which would include the database. Can anyone point me in the direction of what this means in terms of licencing on behalf of Microsoft? Licensing, If you create a database, it is yours, if you want to sell it that is your right, if you want to sell it to people that don't have Access installed on their computers you have 2 choices, either Purchase off Microsoft the Office developer Extensions, this allows you to distribute royalty free the Access runtime to anybody with your database. Or have all your data in Access and write a front-end in a language like Visual Basic going down this route you do not need Access installed on any computers for the database to work, but you may have to pay for the development system to write the front-end. At the end of the day the Intellectual Property is yours, licensing is something your customers may have to get involved in.  SignatureRegards Alex White MCDBA MCSE http://www.intralan.co.uk > Hi, > I am creating a simple database to maintain survey data and calculate some [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Can anyone point me in the direction of what this means in terms of > licencing on behalf of Microsoft? Or you can just require that all end users have a full retail version of Access installed on their machines. Many developers go this route as well. SignatureJeff Conrad Access Junkie Bend, Oregon > Licensing, > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Can anyone point me in the direction of what this means in terms of > > licencing on behalf of Microsoft? Thank you Alex, I really appreciate that. Good news for me I guess. Can I just ask what you mean by 'Access Runtime'. Does that mean others could use and update the database if they purchase Office developer Extentions ? As another question I had was about how (technically) do multiple users update one database. I have never needed to ask the question before but now that potentially I could need to deploy this to multiple users, I just wandered how the logistics would work? Thanks in advance.. > Licensing, > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Can anyone point me in the direction of what this means in terms of > > licencing on behalf of Microsoft? > Thank you Alex, I really appreciate that. Good news for me I guess. > > Can I just ask what you mean by 'Access Runtime'. Does that mean others > could use and update the database if they purchase Office developer > Extensions ? No, not exactly. If *you* purchase the Developer's Extensions, package up your database file with the Access Runtime files, then the end users would not have to purchase anything. The files necessary to run your database will be included in the installation package the wizard will create. In actuality, what will be installed on the end user's machines is a full Access installation, but it is heavily crippled through hundreds of registry entries. I know this is *really* stretching it, but think of it is an "Access Viewer" similar to Excel's Viewer. See this link for all the information you need about this topic: http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/developereditionfaq.htm > As another question I had was about how (technically) do > multiple users update one database. I have never needed to ask the question > before but now that potentially I could need to deploy this to multiple > users, I just wandered how the logistics would work? See this link for information on splitting a database and many other useful topics concerning multiple users: http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/splitapp/index.htm SignatureJeff Conrad Access Junkie Bend, Oregon Jeff, Thanks again for all the helpful info! You made me laugh in your helpful post about colour gradients when you said repeat step one "I don't want to have to come over there!" All the best Angeline > > Thank you Alex, I really appreciate that. Good news for me I guess. > > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/splitapp/index.htm > Jeff, > Thanks again for all the helpful info! You're welcome, glad we could help. > You made me laugh in your helpful post about colour gradients when you said > repeat step one "I don't want to have to come over there!" The threat of *me* coming over usually will scare just about anyone. <vbg> SignatureJeff Conrad Access Junkie Bend, Oregon > The threat of *me* coming over usually will scare just about anyone. > <vbg> Why is that Jeff? Do you wear a red suit, have horns, and carry a pitch fork? ;-) SignatureLynn Trapp MS Access MVP www.ltcomputerdesigns.com Access Security: www.ltcomputerdesigns.com/Security.htm Jeff Conrad's Big List: www.ltcomputerdesigns.com/JCReferences.html > > The threat of *me* coming over usually will scare just about anyone. > > <vbg> > Why is that Jeff? Do you wear a red suit, have horns, and carry a pitch > fork? ;-) No, but my Assimilation tubes and purple suit with a big key on it does cause some "awkward silence." ;-) SignatureJeff Conrad Access Junkie Bend, Oregon |
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