From: | Hiroshi Inoue <inoue(at)tpf(dot)co(dot)jp> |
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To: | Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net> |
Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Jim Nasby <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
Subject: | Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] psqlodbc - psqlodbc: Put Autotools-generated files into subdirectory |
Date: | 2007-05-09 23:48:39 |
Message-ID: | 46425DD7.3030703@tpf.co.jp |
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Robert Treat wrote:
> On Monday 07 May 2007 15:52, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>> Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>>> Hiroshi Inoue wrote:
>>>> Maybe it's BSD which is different from the license of psqlodbc (LGPL).
>>>> Is there no problem with their coexistence ?
>>>> Or is it possible for psqlodbc to be LGPL entirely ?
>>> I am having difficulty in understanding what the problem is. My
>>> understanding is that using BSD licensed code is ok in an LGPL project,
>>> but (probably) not vice versa.
>> To my knowledge you can do it either way, as long as you remember that
>> any changes to the lgpl code have to be released.
>>
>
> It's generally a very bad idea for a BSD licensed project to include lgpl
> licensed code because people who try and use your work in thier own projects,
> under the assumption that it really is bsd licensed, get bitten when they
> find out that they have now illegally included code that is licensed via some
> other license.
Psqlodbc package is LGPL licensed and seems to have little problem to
include copy of BSD licensed code as a part of it. It's what I
understand now from other developers' teachings. I'm still afraid of
my misunderstanding a little.
Thanks.
Hiroshi Inoue
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