redistribution of jdbc driver?

[Andreas Thiele]

If I offer a Java application to the public, does anybody know if I may
're-distribute' jdbc drivers - perhaps depending on the manufacturer?

Andreas

 

[Raymond DeCampo]

If I offer a Java application to the public, does anybody know if I may
're-distribute' jdbc drivers - perhaps depending on the manufacturer?

This of course depends on the supplier of the driver. E.g., MS does not
allow you to re-distribute their SQL Server JDBC driver, however the
customer may download it for free from MS.

Ray

 

[Andreas Thiele]

This of course depends on the supplier of the driver. E.g., MS does not
allow you to re-distribute their SQL Server JDBC driver, however the
customer may download it for free from MS.

Ray

Ray,

thanks for the hint.

It makes clear, I cannot create a 'convienience bundle of common jdbc
drivers' for my customers (

This is what I already guessed.


Andreas

 

[Rhino]

Ray,

thanks for the hint.

It makes clear, I cannot create a 'convienience bundle of common jdbc
drivers' for my customers (

This is what I already guessed.

But you could provide a web page with links to the latest versions of each
driver. That's not as convenient of course but it might be "good enough".

 

[woods]

Dear sir
You can search jdbc driver from
http://developers.sun.com/product/jdbc/drivers
In recently years, inet (http://www.inetsoftware.de/ ) and
datadircet are famous vendors of jdbc.drivers.
You also see the API of jdbc from
http://www.javaresources.biz/content.jsp?id=bf77df7209631ff20109632dde760005&item=Database

 

[Adam Maass]

If I offer a Java application to the public, does anybody know if I may
're-distribute' jdbc drivers - perhaps depending on the manufacturer?

This depends on the license attached to each JDBC driver. Oracle's license
on their JDBC drivers is pretty liberal. Most vendors' are. (They want you
to user their database, which they expect you [or your customers] to pay --
and pay -- and pay -- for.)

 

[Roedy Green]

It depends on the manufacturer. If the you are paying a royalty on
the database, the JDBC drivers are likely bundled as part of it. If
you bought them separately, likely no. If the database is free,
likely any bundled drivers are too.

I was updating the JDBC vendor table yesterday. One vendor, HXTT,
sells you the right to unlimited JDBC driver redistribution for $2500,