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

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Joe Brenner <doom@kzsu.stanford.edu>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2000-07-28T15:33:15Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> 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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