Re: Copying Programs

Quoting David A. Snyder @ Snide Inc. - Folcroft, PA (Dave.Snyder@snide.com): > > Quoting John Baker Depot Sys Mgt Br... > > > > YES I certainly agree with you Tony. Perform is the wrong tool. What my > > users really need is a 4GL array. Unfortunately, the 4GL package is not > > loaded on the machine in question (we have 5 machines and only one has 4GL; > > the others have SQL). The users will have to get by with Perform for now. > > > John, are the 5 machines binary compatible? If they are (or the one with 4GL > and the one with the users are) why can't you compile the 4GL on the one > machine and put the executable on the other. I realize this is a mute point > if the machines are not the same. > > DAS > -- Dave, Dave, Dave, Surely you're not suggesting that John defrauds Informix by infringeing our copyright? The rules are very clear: you MUST have an Informix licence (either Development or Runtime) for EVERY machine on which you wish to run our software. Even though you may write a complete program in 4GL, you do not actually own that program since it is inextricably linked with Informix software. Informix sells you a licence to run your program, developed in INFORMIX-4GL. This is an extremely important point. We estimate that for every licence we sell, at least one illegal copy is made. In the UK, through membership of FAST - the Federation Against Software Theft - we have successfully clawed back about UKP 250,000 in the last year from software pirates. Informix users are constantly demanding improved services, improved products etc, etc. We have a better chance of providing them if we are actually paid for our efforts! To paraphrase another ad campaign - "Get a licence, not a criminal record." This message is for the whole list, and not for any one subscriber. Tony Lacy-Thompson DB Product Manager, Informix UK