legal issue

is there any legal issue I need to beware of ?  if I use ODBC to pull out 
data from a FoxPro based application and use thet data to create my own 
dBase application

Do I need to get an auth. from the company who built this application ?

Thanks!

Eric wu

Eric Wu wrote:
> is there any legal issue I need to beware of ?  if I use ODBC to pull out 
> data from a FoxPro based application and use thet data to create my own 
> dBase application
> 
> Do I need to get an auth. from the company who built this application ?

I would think only if you are using proprietary data that it'd be an issue.

Ken

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/Golden Stag Productions/
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http://www.goldenstag.net/GSP
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Example,
 company A is using a FoxPro based application  that purchased from B 
company.
now i try to ODBC (Read-only) data from the database and create an dBase 
application sell to A
of course, I will have authentication from A to access the database.
my question is,

who owns the database ?  A  or B ?
 Do I have to ask B for premission to read the database ?
is there a website regarding this legal issue ?

Thanks a lot!!


"Ken Mayer [dBVIPS]" <dbase@_nospam_goldenstag.net> wrote in
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> Eric Wu wrote:
>> is there any legal issue I need to beware of ?  if I use ODBC to pull
out 
>> data from a FoxPro based application and use thet data to create my own

>> dBase application
>>
>> Do I need to get an auth. from the company who built this application
?
>
> I would think only if you are using proprietary data that it'd be an 
> issue.
>
> Ken
>
> -- 
> /(Opinions expressed are purely my own, not those of dataBased
> Intelligence, Inc.)/
>
> *Ken Mayer* [dBVIPS]
> /Golden Stag Productions/
> dBASE at goldenstag dot net
> http://www.goldenstag.net/GSP
> http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/dBASEBooks.htm
> http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase 

Eric Wu wrote:
> Example,
>  company A is using a FoxPro based application  that purchased from B 
> company.
> now i try to ODBC (Read-only) data from the database and create an dBase 
> application sell to A
> of course, I will have authentication from A to access the database.
> my question is,
> 
> who owns the database ?  A  or B ?
>  Do I have to ask B for premission to read the database ?
> is there a website regarding this legal issue ?

I don't think there's much I could add to Geoff's response, but keep in 
mind neither of us are lawyers ...

Ken

-- 
/(Opinions expressed are purely my own, not those of dataBased
Intelligence, Inc.)/

*Ken Mayer* [dBVIPS]
/Golden Stag Productions/
dBASE at goldenstag dot net
http://www.goldenstag.net/GSP
http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/dBASEBooks.htm

In article <ktj5QAaeIHA.1952@news-server>, ericwuu@hotmail.com says...
> Example,
>  company A is using a FoxPro based application  that purchased from B 
> company.
> now i try to ODBC (Read-only) data from the database and create an dBase 
> application sell to A
> of course, I will have authentication from A to access the database.
> my question is,
> 
> who owns the database ?  A  or B ?
>  Do I have to ask B for premission to read the database ?
> is there a website regarding this legal issue ?
> 
> Thanks a lot!!
> 


Eric,

Likely it will depend on who put the DATA into the database. If it is 
all Company B DATA then likely it belongs to them. If Company B simply 
provided the DATABASE but not the DATA (or not much of it) then it will 
be Company A's DATA and Company B's DATABASE. But, that's my non-lawyer 
opinion. If you are really concerned you probably should talk to a 
lawyer. Sometimes this stuff depends upon which country you are in.

-- 
Geoff Wass [dBVIPS]
Montréal, Québec, Canada

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