royalty-free distribution

[twatembach]

I am just learning VB. I want to develop an application and distribute/sell it. It will be a single-user desktop application. Which databases are available that I can use (buy if necessary) and distribute, royalty free, with my application?

[kovan]

any database YOU create is royalty free
if you make a db with access, that db is yours
if you make a db with sql server, thats yours

dont know if thats what you mean thou

[JHausmann]

Originally posted by kovan
any database YOU create is royalty free
if you make a db with access, that db is yours
if you make a db with sql server, thats yours

dont know if thats what you mean thou

You can create an application that uses the Jet (access) database and ship/sell it to others without having to pay Microsoft a royalty (or force the user to install Access).
You cannot do this with a SQL Server application. The buyer will have to 1) use your SQL server (over the internet) or 2) buy their own.