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You'll need the [wiki:Instructions] to make this database work!

In brief, you have to have LibreOffice, Java, and HSQLDB 2.2.6 installed. When you first open the database, you have to change the connection path and put the database in your LibreOffice registry of databases. Finally, you have to enable macros to take advantage of the more advanced features.

...but refer to the [wiki:Instructions] first!

• It's free, will remain free, and uses freely available programs to run.
• Fulfills the ATF's requirements for an electronic bound book as part of your overall setup.
• Can be installed on a removable disk or encrypted partition or file container. TrueCrypt or FreeOTFE are good free programs that you can use for encryption.
• Creates an audit trail of every change made to ATF-required data.
• Can be used to print the required semi-annual reports.
• Can export to comma- or tab-separated values electronic documents.
• You can enter as many guns as you need, and as many pictures as you need.
• You can enter accessories, ammunition, events, and maintenance events to attach to firearm records.
• If you have firearms that do not require inclusion in the ATF reports, they can be marked as such, and will not be included.

I'm releasing this database under the Creative Commons "Attribution-ShareAlike" license which basically says you have to attribute the work to me (tc2k11) if you redistribute it, you have to share it under the same license if you redistribute it or a derivative work, and it's not my fault if the SHTF for you because you used this work.

Rest assured, though, that I'm making every effort to make this fulfill the ATF's electronic bound book requirements, and I plan on personally using it for exactly that purpose. However, since I'm (1) not a database or programming expert and (2) not making any money off of this, I just have to add the same disclaimer everyone else seems to add to their software.