IBM manual License considerations, Authorized User license, 20 DB2 Deployment Guide

Figure 1-2shows the DB2 9.5 product decision flow.

	Start		DB2 Connect
			Personal Edition
			No
	Require	Yes	Need to accept
			remote requests?
	connection to host		e.g. Act as a
	database(s)?
			gateway?
				DB2
			Yes	Personal
	No		DB2 Connect	Edition
			Enterprise edition or
			Unlimited Edition	No
	Require		Yes	Need to
	local			receive remote
	database(s)?			requests?
	No			Yes
	Require graphical	Yes
	tools for DB administration		IBM Data Server	IBM Data SDB2 Enterprise,
	or will be performing		Client
	application development?			DB2 Express,
				DB2 Express-C, or
				DB2 Workgroup
	No			EditionClient
	Require CLP and	Yes
	basic client support with		IBM Data Server
	heterogeneous application		Runtime Client
	connectivity to
	the DB2?
	No
	Only need to deploy	Yes	IBM Data Server
			Driver for JDBC &
	Java application with
			SQLJ
	DB2 Connectivity?
	No
No	Only need to deploy	Yes	IBM Data Server
	.NET or CLI		Driver for
			ODBC, DLI and .NET
	application?
Figure 1-2 DB2 9.5 product selection chart

1.3.4 License considerations

DB2 products are generally licensed based on either Authorized User or Processor Value Unit with notable exceptions being DB2 Personal edition, DB2 Express-C FTL edition, and DB2 Personal Connect edition.

Authorized User license

This is a license based on the number of users that access given specific DB2 data servers.

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