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From: Mike_Dustan@ucs.sfu.ca (Mike Dustan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Database licensing
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Date: 10 Apr 91 22:02:44 GMT
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In article <40709@netnews.upenn.edu> porten@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Jeffrey  
Porten) writes:
> I am involved with an organization that is in the process of developing 
> a database which we will distribute.  The organization is non-profit, and
> our plans are currently to not make any profits off of the distribution.
> 
> I need some information about getting licenses for this project.  Our
> current plans are to use one of the following three platforms: Hypercard,
> Filemaker Pro, or 4th Dimension.

Another possibility might be FoxBASE+/Mac. You must buy the developer's 
version to build your applications and the runtime module which you may 
distribute to your users. The runtime module can be used as is to execute 
compiled FB programs, or it can be combined with your compiled code to 
make a complete, stand-alone application which you ship with your 
database. The only restrictions are that you can't give the finished 
product away (you must charge a fair price for your code) and you can't 
distribute the runtime module by itself.

On the down side, the runtime module weighs in at about 700K. Add to that 
your views and report files and your application distribution takes pretty 
much an entire 800K floppy.