> in our german IB newsgroup there has been some discussion about the
> snapshot build (821) of Firebird. (fyi: this build allows the
> "insert into tbl (tbl.column)" syntax that the official 1.0 release
> rejected, resulting in incompatibilities with older IBObjects apps)
>
> Afaik the only way to get it atm is to buy the 3rd IBPhoenix CD.
>
> Now my question is: is it allowed/legal/welcome... to upload the
> 821 build to my Firebird homepage to offer it for download there,
> or are people who want/need this build required to buy the CD?
> (i have a subscription to the CD, but some people over here who
> haven't would like to have the 821 build because of the IBO issue.)
>
> and, secondly, who is/are the person(s) to ask this kind of questions
> anyway ??

We did a rebuild for the CD, it was meant to go on sourceforge as an updated
download.
I guess it just got overlooked as we also had to refresh the ODBC driver,
provide an HP-UX kit etc etc.
I'll ask Paul R. to upload 821 to Sourceforge as soon as its practical.

You will not have to buy the CD to get this build....however buying the CD
helps generically.

Regards
Paul Beach
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