Re: Distributing JDBC Drivers

From: Robert Klemme (bob.news_at_gmx.net)
Date: 03/23/04


Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 14:03:31 +0100


"Lawrie Gallardo" <lawriegallardo@hotmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:40602e8b$0$22121$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
> I am currently developing a shrink-wrapped Java product that needs the
> ability to connect with all the most common databases (Oracle, SQL
Server,
> DB2, etc). Therefore I want to be able to distribute JDBC drivers for
these
> databases. However, I am not sure what the licensing restrictions are
likely
> to be on JDBC drivers, and whether this is going to be an issue.
>
> Are there high quality JDBC drivers available for the likes of Oracle,
SQL
> Server, DB2, etc that I can distribute freely (or at least
inexpensively)
> with my product?

I'm not sure about the licensing side although I have the impression that
vendors prefer customers to individually download their drivers (gives
them more information).

Additionally there is also a technical side: you might not find pure Java
drivers for DB2, which makes installation quite difficult.

Regards

    robert



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