Re: Access Application Distribution Issue

From: Rebecca Riordan (rebeccamaryeNOSPAM_at_msn.com)
Date: 08/16/04 

Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 08:33:16 -0600

I applaud your concern for intellectual property rights, and think you'll be
pleased with how easy this will be to solve...

If you purchase a copy of the Developer's Edition (see the Microsoft site
for purchasing details), you receive a license to distribute the Access
runtime royalty-free. In layman's terms (this is NOT legal advice!), your
users can display and print reports, but cannot change them unless you
provide code to allow them to do so. You can't use the runtime to re-create
the kind of design capabilities that Access itself provides, but you I
routinely do things like allow grouping levels and selection criteria to be
defined at runtime, and nobody has ever questioned it. There's a line
there, and I'm not precisely where it is, but as long as you're not trying
to provide the same capabilities as Access yourself, you should be fine.

HTH 

-- 
Rebecca Riordan, MVP
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"Arup Kamal" <arup_kamal@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:60cf90a2.0408160351.5022de92@posting.google.com...
> Hi,
>
> I am working for a large MNC in my country.
> I have made an app for marketing ppl using VB.
> But, this app uses MS ACCESS for Displaying Reports ONLY.
>
>
> As a result every user will be requiring Access license..
>
> I heard Access Developer extensions allow rolaty free distribution.
>
> I need to provide a report on how we can keep the app as it is
> (same dependency on access reports) by purchasing access developer
> extensions or somethign else. I need details about licensing issues,
> limitations, procurement process and limitations..
>
> Since many here uses pirated copies, few have clear idea about licensed
> software. Since my company is careful about Intellectual Property Rights
> and against piracy, I need some very solid information so that my company
> can invest without violating any law...
>
>
> Thanking You,
>
> ArupK

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