Compression in 12.10 ✓ Answered: green (hollow confidence) — Fernando Nunes says a feature licensed only in a later version cannot be used in the earlier one; the asker accepted it, but it is a personal reading of the licence.

Advisory only.

We are currently on 12.10 (Enterprise) but will upgrade to 14.10 in the future (maybe around xC5 release). The compression feature was a extra-cost option in 12.xx but is included in 14.xx. So the question arises: Would it be ok (in terms of licence agreement etc.) to start using this feature in 12.10? Best regards, -Snorri ------------------------------ Snorri Bergmann ------------------------------ #Informix

When you mention xC5, would it be because you consider that as a minimum fixpack level for acceptable stability? If yes, I totally disagree... But that would be a side discussion. You have to obey the license of the version you use. That means you cannot use a feature made available on version N+1 in version N. I understand that morally it doesn't sound bad (you bought the software and pay support...) but as I understand it, it would be a license violation :( Regards. ------------------------------ FERNANDO NUNES ------------------------------

Thanks Fernando for clarifying this. As for the fixpack level, usually we have had some problems in the past when jumping to a low ( < 5 ) level in a new version. (Even from 11.50 to 11.70.) But maybe we will move faster now to utilize this feature. Best regards. ------------------------------ Snorri Bergmann ------------------------------