[freetds] TDS versions
Dossy Shiobara
dossy at panoptic.com
Wed May 28 14:32:29 EDT 2008
On 2008.05.28, Craig Berry <craigberry at mac.com> wrote:
> I can't find anything there indicating that TDS is considered to be
> one of the MCPP protocols. It's not in the (presumably full) list of
> protocols mentioned in the license agreement [...]
It may have simply been left off. I'll try to email someone at
Microsoft to get a clarification and/or update.
> IANAL, but it doesn't sound to me like it's at all compatible with the
> LGPL.
The MCPP license doesn't seem compatible with GPL/LGPL, but the Open
Source pledge sure does.
> >This is quite pleasant, IMHO: commercial projects need to license, open
> >source doesn't need to explicitly license.
>
> That may be your opinion, but unless I'm mistaken that's completely
> incompatible with the LGPL. [...]
If this is indeed the case, then this is yet another strong argument
against using the GPL/LGPL. (I personally prefer the MIT/BSD license.)
However, multi-licensing of works is not uncommon. Vendors such as
MySQL offer code under GPL or commercial license. Microsoft is
essentially doing the same here, dual-licensing the specifications. The
MCPP licensing may not be GPL/LGPL compatible, but the Open Source
pledge should be? (IANAL, etc., so it'd be nice to get actual strong
legal advice here.)
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