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Re: [stellation-res] Stellation status
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On Mon, 2002-11-25 at 08:03, Rodolfo M.Raya wrote:
> On Sun, 2002-11-24 at 15:43, Dave Shields wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 08:55:37AM -0300, Rodolfo M.Raya wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > After a long absence I'm in contact again.
> > >
> >
> > Welcome back!
>
> Thanks!
>
> > > I'm worried because I will need to support Windows and Linux users
> > > alike. Is the Windows port already working?
> >
> > No, but we are working on it, with Windows support to be added (most likely
> > by Jonathan) once new Linux install/build system stable.
> >
> > >
> > > I will make all necessary changes to use Firebird on Windows and Linux.
> > > But I don't know what needs to be done. Can anybody draft a list of
> > > adjustments?
> > >
> >
> > I know Mark would like to use firebird as soon as possible, as we have run
> > into some licensing problems re MySQL. For a start, I would suggest trying to
> > check out latest core, and seeing if you can get Firebird to pass the supplied
> > tests. Ideally you would provide new file doc/firebird.html, describing how to
> > install and configure Firebird for use with Stellation, so we add Firebird to
> > the list of supported databases (we currently only support postgreSQL).
>
> I also want to use Firebird to avoid licensing problems. The company
> that hired me is currently using MySQL and didn't know about the changes
> on the license.
The license change is only on the JDBC component, and only if you're
using the free version of it. The JDBC component is now full GPL,
instead of LGPL as it used to be. So unless you're redistributing code
that is dependent on the JDBC component, and you were relying on the
LGPL/GPL distinction specifically to make it possible [which is what
we were doing :-( ], then it shouldn't be a problem for you. If you
*were* relying on the JDBC component being LGPL, then you should talk
to your companies lawyers about how/whether this affects you.
-Mark
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Mark Craig Chu-Carroll, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
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