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Hallo sleye,

man muß bei Software-Lizenzen immer das Material (e.g. CD’s, DVD’s, Habdbücher) und die Nutzungslizenz(en) auseinander halten:

Da der DB2 Server (Windows) mit einer bestimmten Anzahl von Benutzern lizensiert werden muß, sind die Clients (Run Time Clients) nicht mehr lizenzpflichtig.

Die Lizenzbedingungen variieren dann auch nochmal zwischen Windows und Unix (und sowieso z/OS und iSeries): Da wird dann schon mal per Prozessor berechnet ohne die Anzahl der Clients zu betrachten.

Hope that helps
Gernot

PS: Ausschnitt aus dem IBM DB UDB V8.x Announcement:

• DB2 Personal Edition is licensed for installation and use by an individual user at one workstation. Inbound connections to this product are licensed for administration use only.
• Workgroup Server Edition
  – Use of this program is restricted to servers with up to four (4) processors per server.
  – DB2 Universal Database Workgroup Server Edition license does not permit creation of 64-bit instances on servers where the products are installed.
  – Connections made to this product through the intranet (connections from within your Enterprise) must be counted as DB2 Users.
  – If connections are made to this product through the Internet (connections from outside your Enterprise) Workgroup Server Unlimited Edition Licenses will be required.
  – You are not entitled to use the Connection Concentrator with this program.
• Workgroup Server Unlimited Edition
  – Use of this program is restricted to servers with up to four (4) processors per server.
  – DB2 Universal Database Workgroup Server Edition license does not permit creation of 64-bit instances on servers where the products are installed.
  – You are not entitled to use the Connection Concentrator with this program.
  – WSUE must be licensed for all CPUs available in the server.
• DB2 Universal Database Enterprise Server Edition (ESE)
  In order to create a multi-partitioned database using DB2 ESE, you must purchase the applicable number of entitlement(s) for the DB2 UDB Database Partitioning Feature (DPF).
  – The entitlement to the DB2 Database Partitioning Feature, is licensed on per processor basis for every processor in the single database image across all servers where the database has been partitioned. This entitlement must be acquired before creating more than one partition within your database.
  – The DB2 Database Partitioning Feature authorizes you to use the database partitioning feature of ESE to enhance the scalability of DB2 ESE by creating multiple database partitions within a single server, or across multiple servers.
  – Use of the DB2 Connect component is limited to five (5) registered users per server. This product contains DB2 Connect component to provide connectivity, DB2 for z/OS for OS/390, DB2 Server for VSE and VM and DB2 for iSeries database servers. If additional users need to connect to any of the above mentioned database servers, a separate DB2 Connect Program license must be Acquired.