Re: Switching alarm system - can I convert my database?

[Tommy <tommy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Pat Coghlan <news@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:468507fb$0$14502$c3e8da3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

> Tommy wrote:
>> Pat Coghlan <news@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>> news:00d044b6$0$28079$c3e8da3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
>>
>>> We are upgrading our commercial alarm & access control system to one
>>> sold by another vendor.  Our current system has a database
>>> consisting of our cardholders, alarm point descriptions,
>>> instructions etc. which we'd like to "mine" and copy to our new
>>> system.
>>>
>>> The software licence seems to restrict us from doing anything but
>>> operate our current system.  Does anyone know of a situation where
>>> this type of data mining has resulted in litigation over
>>> infringement of a software licence?
>>>
>>
>> Without knowing any specifics, all we can give is general advice.
>> Does your current software have have any export functions? if you can
>> export to excel or to a text file you might be able to cut and paste
>> some of your information. Does your new software have a conversion
>> utility?
>>
>> you are probably still looking at some manual entry. No pain no gain
>
> There is an export function for cardholders only, but we have lots of
> other data (alarm point descriptions etc. - thousands of them) that
> could be moved over.
>
> Doing the conversion is not the problem.  I'm wondering if it can be
> done in a way to avoid infringing the EULA - which seems to preclude
> this type of data mining.
>

I really cannot tell you. Though it seems to me that the information to
run your system is yours. as long as you are not using any of their
information, and only mining out waht you had to put in in the first
place you should be OK.

I will add that is my opinion and i could be wrong.