> -----Original Message-----
> The license on the code Borland released is the IPL -
> Interbase Public License. It's a legitimate derivative of
> the MPL - Mozilla Public License V1.1. That license includes
> a description of what you must do to create a variant of it.
> The reason for creating a variant is that the MPL gives
> Netscape the right to issue different licenses. You can
> continue to use the license under which the code was released
> or you can
> choose to use the new one. Borland, understandably, didn't
> want to give Netscape the right to issue new licenses on the
> code it released.
> Then, after the fork, the Firebird project didn't want to
> have Borland issue new licenses for the code we wrote, thus
> we created the IDPL - Initial Developer Public license.
>
> 95% of the language and all the legal conditions except
> issuing new licenses and some trademark stuff that Borland
> put in is identical to the MPL.

Thanks for the info Ann, are there any plans to get the license recognised
at opensource.org? I only ask as I am after an open source license and IDPL
appears to be what I am after.

Rgds

Si Carter
http://www.tectsoft.net/