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

From Kaare Rasmussen
Subject Re: Inprise InterBase(R) 6.0 Now Free and Open Source
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Msg-id 00072912153707.12581@bering
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In response to Re: Inprise InterBase(R) 6.0 Now Free and Open Source  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Inprise InterBase(R) 6.0 Now Free and Open Source  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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> > 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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