Re: Who owns the database - client or software vendor? -- MIDRANGE-L

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Colin,

Did the vendor provide the data in the data base?  If not, the data
belongs to the client.  That does not mean that the vendor is required
to provide file layouts.
You may need to read the fine print on the license agreement.

Personally, it's this type of vendor "trap", that is all too common,
that was a contributing factor in my decision to open source my
applications.

Colin Williams wrote:
> 
> If a software vendor supplies a system to a client, who owns the
> database, the client or the vendor?
>
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