FreeTDS Development Group

["ZIGLIO, Frediano, VF-IT" <Frediano.Ziglio AT vodafone.com>]

> From: Lowden, James K
> Sent: lunedì 13 dicembre 2004 17.17
> 
> > From: ZIGLIO, Frediano, VF-IT
> > Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 10:13 AM
> > 
> > To sum up:
> >   it's possible to include MIT code (from OpenBSD in this 
> case) inside
> a
> > LGPL project?
> > I searched a replacement for readpassphrase and the only
> implementation
> > I found was in OpenSSH.
> 
> Yes, it's possible.  Keep the MIT-licensed code in its own module, so
> it's clear where it came from, and what its licensing terms are. 
> 
> It doesn't automatically become LGPL merely because it's 
> included in an
> LGPL distribution (binary or source).  The LGPL basically ensures that
> the LGPL-licensed code remains free.  As long as we continue to
> distribute the LGPL-licensed code, we're complying with its essential
> terms.  
> 
> The MIT-license imposes no special terms on code linked to it.  AIUI,
> that's why it's called "compatible".  The same is true for code in the
> public domain.  (FreeTDS already includes several modules that are in
> the public domain.)  
> 
> Congratulations on finding it, btw.  
> 

In CVS HEAD. I don't think to backport it, it can cause other link problems 
and it's not a huge bug (you can always use -P tsql it's intended as a test 
program). I'm working on compute clause in ODBC... very wrong stuff... ODBC 
handle compute in a really weird way...

freddy77