Hi,

> I am sorry if this is a common question, I have tried to look at IB

Phoenix

> and have looked at Firebirds website. And it states
> that FB can be used for commercial application.
>
> I want to make sure that I understand this correctly, can commercial
> application that uses a 2 - tier module use FB as there core database
> and make money from it , without paying money for FB ?.

Yes.

> If so this is interesting and shows that a person really needs to make
> donations as anybody can use and abuse it to there benefit.

If you want to support Firebird financially, you should/can make a
donation, or become a member of the Firebird Foundation. For the
rest, Firebird is completely free.


With regards,

Martijn Tonies
Database Workbench - developer tool for InterBase, Firebird & MS SQL Server.
Upscene Productions
http://www.upscene.com