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mxODBC is distributed under the following license terms:
© 1997, 1998, 1999, Copyright by Marc-André Lemburg (mailto:mal@lemburg.com); All Rights Reserved. Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose limited by the restrictions put forward in the following paragraph and without fee or royalty is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both the copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation or portions thereof, including modifications, that you make. Redistribution of this software or modifications thereof for commercial use requires a separate license which must be negotiated with the author. As a guideline, packaging the module and documentation with other free software will be possible without fee or royalty as described above. This license does not allow you to ship this software as part of a product that you sell. THE AUTHOR MARC-ANDRE LEMBURG DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE ! |
As mentioned in the second paragraph, commercial redistribution is not covered by the standard license. A separate license is needed as put forward in the next section.
Note that mxODBC relies on a second package I wrote called mxDateTime. mxDateTime is covered by a more liberal Open Source style license. The above license only refers to the files included in the mxODBC package.
If you only use mxODBC internally in your company, the standard license gives you permission to do so without fee or royalty since you are not redistributing any parts of it. In case you plan to include mxODBC in a product you distribute to third parties, a separate license is necessary.
The current pricing is as follows (this is subject to change without notice):
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Note:
Installing mxODBC on one machine enables
you to connect to any number of databases from that machine
in single- or multi-tier mode -- even concurrently.
Purchased licenses include maintenance for one year from date of purchase, i.e. if you buy a license you retain the right to upgrade to all new versions for one year.
Commercial support for mxODBC is available via www.pythonpros.com or directly from the author.
For further information regarding pricing, licensing and purchasing licenses please contact the author at mal@lemburg.com.
Say you wrote a Python application that transfers data from one database to another which uses mxODBC to do the interfacing.
Example scenarios:
If you decide to leave the tool installed on the client machines, the situation is different: then mxODBC is considered being commercially redistributed and you'll have to buy a separate license (or turn your application into an Open Source product -- see below).
For further information regarding licensing issues please contact the author at mal@lemburg.com.