FreeTDS Development Group

[Bob Kline <bkline AT rksystems.com>]

On 9 Jun 2000, William P. McGonigle wrote:

> 
> 
> I think the standard legal means of dealing with such licenses is
> the clean-room implementation, where some folks agree to the license
> and only answer "you're getting hotter" and "you're getting colder"
> questions from folks who are writing the code.  IIRC, IBM sued
> Phoenix for doing this with their PC BIOS and was unsuccessful in
> that suit.  Detailed logs of the process were what saved Phoenix.

OK, I downloaded the Sybase document.  I haven't really read it very
carefully or used any of the information in it, but asserting that
wouldn't do me much good in a courtroom.  Should I refrain from
contributing to the freetds code?

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Bob Kline
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