Re: "Free" Interbase
>Want a good RDBMS for Linux???
>
>check www.interbase.com they have a FREE port of version 4.0 for
>Linux. It
>runs on Debian1.3.1 I didn't have the chance to try it on Hamm cos
>I need to upgrade.
>Jorge Sousa
Mike Barton wrote:
> It may "appear" free but you ought to have a look at the license
> agreement. It says RedHat *only*. License agreements like this are good
> reasons to *avoid* software. So, InterBase, make what you can when you
> can but NOT from me.
It gets worse:
``You may install and use the Software or the foregoing components provided
that (1) the Software is used only with the Red Hat Linux 4.2 operating
system,''
Version 4.2? Who would even uses that any more...
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