Re: [Firebird-docs] FbManager documentation

[Paul V. <pa...@vi...>]

Hi Helen,

[ fbmanager - firebird ]

>> The overall project license is MPL in both cases. IPL applies only
>> to code that originates from Borland.

> Ummm, the overall project licence is **not** MPL.  The Jury (read
> project Admins) is still out on what licence to use for new code.
> It is not likely to be MPL.  It's likely to end up being IDPL
> (Initial Developer's Public License).  Reason for eschewing MPL is
> the control Mozilla/Netscape has over the licence.

On the Project Summary Page it says:

  License: Mozilla Public License 1.0 (MPL)

That's why I assumed this was our overall or "default" license.

> The IDPL is distributed with Firebird 1.5 - see the Firebird root
> directory.  It is, like the IPL, a MPL derivative.

Thanks - I must admit I've never looked at it! ;-)


Greetings,
Paul Vinkenoog