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  • From: Frediano Ziglio <freddy77 AT gmail.com>
  • To: FreeTDS Development Group <freetds AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [freetds] Windows authentication on Windows
  • Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:44:13 +0100

Il giorno sab, 06/02/2010 alle 14.44 -0500, James K. Lowden ha scritto:
> James K. Lowden wrote:
> > Frediano Ziglio wrote:
> > > I noted you committed a patch for getopt support under systems
> > > which don't have getopt however getopt.c is currently under a BSD
> > > license which is not LGPL compatible leading to licenses problems (for
> > > instance tsql using such file should output some additional comments
> > > aboud BSD code).
> >
> > You mean this:
> >
> > * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
> > * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
> > the * documentation and/or other materials provided with the
> > distribution.
> >
> > I think all we need to do is add those things to the UG. Not hard, and
> > lets us use other parts of NetBSD, too, if we want to.
>
> * src/replacements/getopt.c: replaced getopt with LGPL version
>
> Could you please revert this change?
>
> I guess I wasn't clear. I prefer the NetBSD code -- it is cleaner and
> easier to read and already compiles with VS 2005 -- and I'm willing to
> make the necessary changes to conform to the terms of the BSD license.
>
> The license doesn't require any changes to our code. The English may be a
> little confusing because it seems to say "binary form must reproduce above
> copyrights". But what it actually says is "Redistributions in binary form
> must reproduce" A, B, and C "in the documentation". Not e.g. on the
> screen with a -v option.
>
> If you don't believe me, cf. ftp.exe from Windows. Run strings on it and
> you'll see the Berkeley copyright. But it's quite difficult to find any
> other mention of it mention it.
>
> I'm updating the UG today and can easily add a note about the UC Berkeley
> copyright.

reverted

freddy77






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