Subject Re: [IBDI] Amendment
Author tri
I tried to find "ODBC drivers and the Replication manager" in the
"INTERBASE PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 1.0" but is not here. Where should I read about Replication ?


Thank you for your time,

Dorin Ionescu
triada@...




-----Original Message-----
From: Alan McDonald <alan@...>
To: IBDI@egroups.com <IBDI@egroups.com>
Date: Thursday, July 27, 2000 8:09 AM
Subject: RE: [IBDI] Amendment


>For all the delay and effort put into this license arrangements, I must say
>that the lawyers have done a wonderful job on making it all so clear to all
>of us, as what we can and can't do with the code and the binaries and the
>logos and ODBC drivers and the Replication manager and,,, and,,,, !
>
>Would it be too much to ask for an authority on this subject to post a dos
>and don'ts lists somewhere (e.g. a web site) so we can follow the
>"three-step rule" to advertising and using this wonderful product?
>
>Alan McDonald
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Claudio Valderrama C. [mailto:cvalde@...]
>>Sent: Thursday, 27 July 2000 12:31
>>To: IBDI@egroups.com
>>Subject: RE: [IBDI] Amendment
>>
>>
>>> If you were using the InterBase name to market or sell any
>>> InterBase related
>>> product, in strict terms you were already in violation of trademark law,
>>> assuming that the InterBase trademark had been registered and
>>> maintained in
>>> your country.
>>
>>I don't know whether IB has been registered in my country, but given the
>>very low profile of the local representatives, I'm not sure they did such
>>move.
>>
>>
>>> All this does is carry foward the existing trademark restrictions in a
>>> Public License. It means that no-one can use the InterBase name for a
>>> product, or derivative product, or larger work without Inprise's
>>> permission.
>>
>>Well, now to be sure: does it affect the use of the words INTERBASE and IB
>>in my free tech site?
>>
>>
>>> In terms of the Powered By InterBase logo, that should be OK,
>>> because it was
>>> made publically available a long time ago with the express intention of
>>> people using it to market their products that used InterBase or a
Website
>>> that was run on InterBase.
>>
>>Ok, that was another doubt, but seems that BorPrise added another
>>requirement: «All advertising materials mentioning features or use of the
>>covered Code must display the following acknowledgement: "This product
>>includes software developed by Inprise Corporation."
>>
>>In this context, using the Powered by IB logo does qualify as advertising
>>material?
>>
>>Sorry for being reiterative, but legal issues are really thorny.
>>Maybe I should use the phoenix logo instead?
>>
>>C.
>>
>>> Regards
>>> Paul Beach
>>> Vice President Sales & Marketing
>>> InterBase Software Corporation
>>> Tel (UK):+44 (0) 1844 354465
>>> Mobile: +44 (0) 7887 890375
>>> Tel (USA):+1 831 431 1097
>>> E-mail: pabeach@...
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Claudio Valderrama C. <cvalde@...>
>>> To: <IBDI@egroups.com>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 8:55 AM
>>> Subject: [IBDI] Amendment
>>>
>>>
>>> > I need an explanation of this amendment, please!
>>> > Does it affect tools like Interbase Workbench, for example? I
>>assume the
>>> > POWERED BY IB logo can be used. Should I put II.1 at the top
>>of my site,
>>> > too?
>>> >
>>> > C.
>>> >
>>> > AMENDMENTS
>>> > I. Inprise and logo. This License does not grant any rights to use the
>>> > trademarks "Inprise'', "InterBase," "Java" or "JavaScript" even if
such
>>> > marks are included in the Original Code or Modifications.
>>> > II. Trademark Usage.
>>> > II.1. Advertising Materials. All advertising materials
>>> mentioning features
>>> > or use of the covered Code must display the following acknowledgement:
>>> "This
>>> > product includes software developed by Inprise Corporation. "
>>> > II.2. Endorsements. The names "Inprise," "InterBase," "ISC,"
>>> and "IB" must
>>> > not be used to endorse or promote Contributor Versions or Larger Works
>>> > without the prior written permission of Inprise.
>>> > II.3. Product Names. Contributor Versions and Larger Works may not be
>>> called
>>> > "Inprise" or "InterBase" nor may the words "Inprise" or
>>> "InterBase" appear
>>> > in their names without the prior written permission of Inprise
>>> Corporation.
>>> >
>>> > C.
>>> > ---------
>>> > Claudio Valderrama C.
>>> > Ingeniero en Informática - Consultor independiente
>>> > http://members.tripod.com/cvalde
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
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