ADK license questions

[Alex Shaw]

Thank you, Lynn & Ruslan for clarifying things.

It makes sense that any development utilising the ADK which may come 
close to the functionality of Admin Studio or vServer products needs to 
be negotiated :)

In my case I will talk off list.

But.. Many other database engines (commercial & free) have multiple 
third-party GUIs available, again both commercial & free.

Any application developed utilising the ADK is basically a GUI in some 
form or another. Some more advanced than others.

 From my limited testing the new Admin Studio (4) is really good but it 
seems limiting to put development restrictions on using the engine.

regards
alex


Ruslan Zasukhin wrote:
> On 2/23/09 8:32 AM, "Lynn Fredricks" <lfredricks at proactive-intl.com> wrote:
> 
>>> The section called "FIELD MODIFICATION LIMITS" suggests it is not
>>> possible to create SQLManager-style applications unless the
>>> controlling 
>>> application can work with (more or less) a fixed database structure..
>>>
>>> * Is this correct?
>> This section limits the ability to deploy a Filemaker type product based on
>> the Valentina engine. Some developers have contacted us about specific
>> projects and we've treated them on a case-by-case basis.
> 
> I want underline, it limits deployment of ROAYLTY FREE Filemaker types.
> EULA talks about regular ROAYLTY FREE application.
> 
> We do not want, that e.g. Microsoft or FileMaker takes Valentina engine for
> $300, develop around it MS Access or FileMaker, and start sale its copies
> royalty free. Apps that play as direct competitors to Valentina Studio.
> 
> This is possible, but should not be royalty free, and covered by separate
> agreement.
> 
>