FreeTDS Development Group

[ZIGLIO Frediano <Frediano.Ziglio AT vodafoneomnitel.it>]

> 
> On Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 07:20:04PM +0800, Varley, David(CBorn 
> at Alcoa) wrote:
> 
> > Is it worth checking out the [v]snprintf code from the 
> samba distribution?
> > Those guys seem to do a pretty good job of things.
> 
> Can't, without changing the license of FreeTDS to GPL instead 
> of LGPL. 
> However, the snprintf code Samba uses comes by way of Patrick Powell
> (LPRng author) and Michael Elkins (mutt maintainer).  Perhaps it was
> LGPLed at some point in the past.
> 
> If all else fails, glibc definitely has an LGPL implementation. :)
> 
> Steve Langasek
> postmodern programmer
> 

If you read snprintf.c file and search "patrick powell snprintf" on
google.it
you'll see that many implementation of snprintf are maded by Patrick Powell
and above source you'll find a 

/*
 * Copyright Patrick Powell 1995
 * This code is based on code written by Patrick Powell
(papowell AT astart.com)
 * It may be used for any purpose as long as this notice remains intact
 * on all source code distributions
 */

So, we can use this implementation.
Making a LGPL project so not mean that all code you use must be LGPL.

freddy77

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