Tony Gunter wrote:

> --- In Firebird-Architect@yahoogroups.com, Jim Starkey <jas@...> wrote:
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> What about licensing? The IBL is not listed on the OSI list of
> approved open source licenses:
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> http://www.opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical
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> Why is this, and where does the licensing fit in the spectrum of
> viral / freely distributable licenses? I tried reading the IBL, but
> I'm not sure I understood what it was saying. It sounds like it's
> saying that one can freely distribute Firebird, but any custom changes
> to the Firebird DB must be made available to the greater Firebird
> community.
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> Is the IBL a viral license?
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Read it. If you don't understand it, try reading it again. Then ask
specific questions.

It's a trivial knockoff of the MPL. It isn't approved because nobody
wanted to spend the money to get it approved.