> Borlands behaviour over the entire open sourcing of InterBase has been
> somewhat curious to say the least, and the relationship between the open
> source project and the Borland project is currntly somewhat strained. But
Thats a polite way of putting it, Max :) (see references on
community.borland.com and www.ibpheonix.org (?. com?))
> the open source is open, and can't be closed again, and development will
> continue reguardless of Borlands wishes, and more in line with what those
> doing the coding want.
Technically, no. The "name" Interbase is NOT opensource - its still (tm)
Borland (it was never released, AFAIK - that was one of the big "blowup"
points in the whole mess last year). So we could have "IBPheonix v1.0", but
not "Interbase 6.5 - IBP version" - unless Borland legal dept. let them.
But you are right - the code, or a snapshot called v6.0.1, is out there, and
I for one think thats a good thing (my bank manager doesn't, as its less
revenue and hence commission for me, but hey....)
Nic.
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