Re: Inprise InterBase(R) 6.0 Now Free and Open Source - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Inprise InterBase(R) 6.0 Now Free and Open Source
Date
Msg-id 200007281533.LAA27786@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: Inprise InterBase(R) 6.0 Now Free and Open Source  (Joe Brenner <doom@kzsu.stanford.edu>)
Responses Re: Inprise InterBase(R) 6.0 Now Free and Open Source
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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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