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

Kaare Rasmussen <kar@webline.dk>

From: Kaare Rasmussen <kar@webline.dk>
To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2000-07-29T10:13:33Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> > 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...

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