Subject Re: [IBDI] is this a REAL OpenSource?
Author Robert J. Munro
At 01:58 AM 9/20/00 +1000, you wrote:
>
>At 06:36 PM 19-09-00 +0400, you wrote:
>>
>>Hello, Ann!
>>
>>Ann Harrison wrote:
>>
>> > >Is this an "OpenSource" by Borland? How can people join projects that
does
>> > >not being updated? How can they help to fix bugs or add new
functionality
>> > >if there are no newest sources available?
>> >
>> > You might direct this question to Rebecca Cavagnari who is
>> > responsible for InterBase at Inprise. <rcavagnari@...>
>>
>>Hmm, you think it will help? I don't think so. This will happen
>>again and again. And I don't see alternative of forking the code.
>>
>>--
>
>Dmitry,
>They must do something - they are infringing the licence by posting
>binaries without the code used to build it.

As they own the underlying copyright, this is not a problem. They can
license it to anyone they like under any conditions they like. There is
only a problem if their new version includes modifications made by other
people.

Robert Munro

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