FreeTDS Development Group

[Craig Spannring <Craig.Spannring AT aedinc.net>]

Andreas Tille writes:
 > Hello,
 > 
 > I want to access MS SQL server from a Linux box with Java.  I was
 > very happy to find a GPLed JDBC driver which claims to do this
 > job.
 > 

The JDBC driver is NOT GPL'd.  It is licensed under a BSD style
license.


 > I'm using Debian/GNU Linux potato with jikes Version 0.55 (28 Jul 99).
 > According to its error messages I had to remove "+V" from the JFLAGS
 > variable.  But this doesn't help very much when compiling:

The code won't compile using newer versions of jikes.  There are a few
syntatical errors which the Sun Java compiler let slip through.  IBM's
is a bit more thourough.


Now for a little aside on open source licensing.

#define RANT_MODE

GPL seeks to steal ownership of code away from the developer.  This is
unacceptable to me.  If I spend _MY_ time writing code, I'll be dammed
if some thief from MIT is going to tell me what I can and can't do with
it.

If I develop some software, say a JDBC driver, even if I feel like
giving away the driver to the public, there's no way I'm going to
license it in such a way as to prevent _ME_ from using it in some
future commercial project.

#undef RANT_MODE

Sorry, you hit me in a rather sore spot with the GPL thing.


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