FreeTDS Development Group

[Steve Langasek <vorlon AT netexpress.net>]

On Fri, Sep 27, 2002 at 12:41:30AM -0400, Castellano, Nicholas wrote:
> tsql.c currently contains an LGPL license.  But it links with readline (if
> installed), which I believe is enough to infect it with the full GPL.
> Should the license on this file be updated?

Does it matter?  tsql is a standalone tool, not a library, so the
'infection' is contained. :)  It also isn't commutative:  if tsql.c is
LGPL, then even if the tsql binary is covered by the GPL, you can still
reuse code from tsql.c under the LGPL as long as you don't link against
readline (which has its own license that we're not responsible for).

Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer

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