> At least a new code-base could break free of the restrictive IPL!
> (Assuming it doesn't use any code from the old sources.)

That won't be true, the v2.0 is not a rewrite 'merely' a port code base,
it is still substantially based on the v1.0 (and therefore bound be the
IPL).

As with the original code (v1.0), only new modules/contributions will be
able to 'break free' of IPL.


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Sean Leyne
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that Firebird can't fix
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