Re: Inprise InterBase(R) 6.0 Now Free and Open Source

Kaare Rasmussen wrote:
>
> > > The requirements seem to be pretty commonsense things...
> > > If you use some source code from Inprise, you've got to
> > > keep track of where the source came from, label it with
> > > their license, list any modifications you've made, always
> > > provide the source with any executables, etc.
> >
> > But the BSD license doesn't require source for distributed binaries.
> > Sounds like a GPL-style restriction.
>
> What is more important to my mind is if the license permits a developer to look
> at the code and get inspired, or if the developer's mind will be "tainted" just
> by looking.
> I hope someone can tell; I always wake up later with my head on the keyboard
> when I try to read license stuff...

I don't think the licence terms can have any effect on this. If you take
an idea from one code base and apply it to another code-bases with a
different licence, then the applicable law is going to be fair use. And
licence terms cannot affect fair use one way or the other.