I wrote: > > My recollection is that the IPL was worked out among Paul, me, Dale Fuller, > and a few others. The original Mozilla licenses gave ownership rights to > Netscape. We changed it to Inprise and its successors. When Firebird > launched as an independent entity, we (same crowd, minus Dale) created the > IDPL which gave the individual developer ownership rights. For better or for > worse, we didn't want any entity, including the not yet created Firebird > Foundation, to be able to take the code private or create closed source > "enterprise" versions.
Another advantage of the IDPL is that if you write some useful new code - a new compression algorithm for example - you own that code even after applying the IDPL. You can't disallow use under the IDPL, but you can include the code in other projects with other licenses. Me, I want Firebird to be forever free. Jim wanted to be able to contribute code and use elsewhere. We found common ground. Cheers, Ann ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel
