> From: John Huntjens

Hi,

> >> I know pretty sure that IBX is part of delphi and all the
> rights are with
> >> Borland / Inprise. Its NOT open source.
> >
> >It is Open Source. You can get the source from the Inprise site.
>
>
> Checked the Borland site again, the 4.2 Upgrade patch is still part of
> Delphi, and is NOT open source. Here's the header from ib.pas:

[SNIP]

Are you sure?

The ones on the www.inprise.com/interbase/ site have got the following
header (from IB.pas)

{************************************************************************}
{ }
{ Borland Delphi Visual Component Library }
{ InterBase Express core components }
{ }
{ Copyright (c) 1998-2000 Inprise Corporation }
{ }
{ InterBase Express is based in part on the product }
{ Free IB Components, written by Gregory H. Deatz for }
{ Hoagland, Longo, Moran, Dunst & Doukas Company. }
{ Free IB Components is used under license. }
{ }
{ The contents of this file are subject to the InterBase }
{ Public License Version 1.0 (the "License"); you may not }
{ use this file except in compliance with the License. You }
{ may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.Inprise.com/IPL.html }
{ Software distributed under the License is distributed on }
{ an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either }
{ express or implied. See the License for the specific language }
{ governing rights and limitations under the License. }
{ The Original Code was created by InterBase Software Corporation }
{ and its successors. }
{ Portions created by Inprise Corporation are Copyright (C) Inprise }
{ Corporation. All Rights Reserved. }
{ Contributor(s): Jeff Overcash }
{ }
{************************************************************************}

Cheers

Phil