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

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Joe Brenner <doom(at)kzsu(dot)stanford(dot)edu>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Inprise InterBase(R) 6.0 Now Free and Open Source
Date: 2000-07-28 15:33:15
Message-ID: 200007281533.LAA27786@candle.pha.pa.us
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> http://www.inprise.com/IPL.html
>
> 3.7. Larger Works.
>
> You may create a Larger Work by combining Covered Code with
> other code not governed by the terms of this License and
> distribute the Larger Work as a single product. In such a
> case, You must make sure the requirements of this License
> are fulfilled for the Covered Code.
>
> 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.

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