Re: [Firebird-website] about firebird

[Roman R. <ro...@ro...>]

Hi,

> hello, I am a student in HH university in sweden. Now I am doing a project with the database. I plan to use Firebird. To say something about my project, there's an application from a company, they want to change the database, so, I want to change it to Firebird. But, can you tell me if we want to buy the database, how much does it cost? we don't want to share our codes... and I also don't know Firebird is embedded database or not? to be the truth, it doesn't matter... by the way, how can I get the library for Firebird(C++), should I pay for it?

You do not need to pay for Firebird - the binaries and the sources are 
under MPL-like license. The main requirements for you would be to 
mention the Firebird in a README.txt or about.html (or whatever document 
will be used with your application).

And no, you do not have to share the code of your application. If you 
change the Firebird sources, you are required to make the changes of 
those sources available, but not of your application.

Firebird is available as an embedded engine (a DLL) or as a standalone 
server. Both are available from the download section of our project.

Also, we would be happy if you or your organization consider join the 
Firebird Foundation, which is the organization that generates a money 
stream for our developers. However it is up to you - there is no 
obligation to do this.

Hope this helps.

Best regards,
Roman Rokytskyy