This is a common theme for many Infor Customers; it appears they're looking
for new revenue streams.
I know of several shops where this occurred. The 1st shop overcame this by
having a copy of the original contract which clearly entitled them to source
code.
The second shop previously signed a new Infor contract in 2000 that
superseded all prior contracts. The new contract made no mention of source
code rights. This shop was unable to locate the original contract so to
avoid expense legal fees, they were forced to pay for re-licensing the
source.
If you have the original contract stating clearly your rights to license
source code; Infor will probably go away. If not, my humble advice is to get
Legal Involved.....
Regard,
Greg Staton
-----Original Message-----
From: system21-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:system21-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Mex Davis
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 3:35 PM
To: system21@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [SYSTEM21] System 21 Source Code
Importance: High
We are upgrading to Aurora 2.4 from 3.5.2b SP4.
Because our AS/400 is very old and at V5.R1, we have elected to replace the
box and do a new load of Aurora.
As the software was being loaded the subject of System 21application source
code came up.
We have had source code since the beginning (1998) and it has been modified
slightly over the years.
In fact JBA/GEAC/Infor have done most of the mods for us as we have a side
agreement for technical services.
We are getting word from Infor that we are not entitled to source code and
they very serious about not providing us the source.
My sources tell me most everyone upgrading to Aurora has source code.
We are a 'Value for Maintenace' customer.
I always thought System 21 users had the source.
Has anyone else run into this issue or remember the history of source with
JBA/GEAC.
Mex Davis
Senior Systems Analyst
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