Subject Re: [firebird-support] Re: Firebird Name / Service / exe
Author Max Renshaw-Fox
Bit off topic - but:

Often this is about "one throat to choke" - ie it may be, from your
client's pov, about your company "taking responsibility" for the engine -
rather than having the escape of "but that's the open-source developers
problem".

Max

> I was pretty sure it was legal, in the license. Including the clauses
> of attaching the changes and license.
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> But I'm still against the idea. It is misdirecting, which is what I
> told my super. But this issue is such a silly one too. I don't
> understand why they refuse anything else but would accept it if it was
> an engine done distributed by us. It seems just totally silly.
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> It would seem I have only a few options. Using ADO and making my
> software very very generic. But then I lose out a specific features.
> One of which is UDF that I've build allowing threaded and getting MAC
> address of Server. Or I repackage, which I find its going to be a
> mess, support wise too. I would need to do my changes over and over
> every time there is an update in engine. Sigh. Among other legal
> issues that may occur after. Or I do use FB, and I'll need an old
> priest and a young priest to perform... never mind.
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> Anyhow, thanks for all your feedback.
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