> -----Original Message-----
> From: Firebird-general@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:Firebird-general@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of marius popa
> Sent: Miercoles, 10 de Mayo de 2006 6:35
>
> New parts of firebird could be released with an better open source license
> in the future :
>
> like mozilla finished their relicensing task
> http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/relicensing-faq.html

It's a waste of efforts and a legal problem. First, we can't change the
license Borland gave us. The IDPL/MPL is compatible with their original IPL.
IDPL stands for Initial Developer. Second, since the legacy code uses a MPL
derivative, you can't put the rest of the code under GPL or LGPL. How are
you going to compile and link both places to create a single executable
without violating the FSF licenses?

> like jaybird is released under LGPL
>
> http://jaybirdwiki.firebirdsql.org/jaybird/doku.php?id=info:licensing

You miss the point. Jaybird is original code that started from scratch. It
didn't inherit from the InterClient code. I think I'm not the only one who
thinks Borland copied Jaybird code violating our license, because their new
driver, when it appeared, had "strangely" the same bugs as Jaybird. Since
Jaybird and FlameRobin are new code, Roman and Milan are able to put
whatever license they want on it.

If we want to start with a new license, we should rewrite everything from
Borland that is still in use.

C.