RE: [Firebird-devel] License

[Claudio V. C. <cv...@us...>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: fir...@li...
> [mailto:fir...@li...]On Behalf Of Mike
> Nordell
>
> The recent license discussion turned up something rather
> interesting. Have a
> look at e.g. jrd/ib_stdio.[hc].
>
> It's FreeBSD code, obviously released using the BSD license, which require
[snip]

And while you are at it, I've been always mystified by enc.c, called from
pwd.c, but I assumed that if nobody cared about this file, it's usage is
perfectly legal and in agreement with the current license. IMHO, the comment
should be at the top, but I may be wrong.

Anyway, the new licensing scheme says you aren't forced to acknowledge
Kerkeley code in your ads, but it doesn't negate the fact that Borland
violated the license for years starting at 1992, since the Berkeley rules
were relaxed only on July 1999.

C.