Markus Hoenicka wrote: > Quoting Balazs Scheidler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Does this mean that the intention is LGPL? That'd clear up things for >> me, of course a release with consistent license notations would be more >> than appreciated :) >> > > I wouldn't call it intention. The libdbi project (LGPL) originally > contained the MySQL and PostgreSQL drivers which obviously used the same > license. I started the libdbi-drivers project with the permission of the > original libdbi authors to make my SQLite driver available. I used the > GPL because I release just about anything under this license. Later the > MySQL and PostgreSQL drivers were moved to the libdbi-drivers project in > order to allow independent release cycles (the framework proved more > stable than the drivers). At that point neither me nor the libdbi > developers paid any attention to the licensing issues. So I guess the > LGPL is "intention by numbers", as most drivers now use that license.
I have talked to the GPL guru where I work. He says that you can not change the license of something that is LGPL into GPL without the permission from all copyright holders (the original authors). So the old drivers are still LGPL. Your new code can really only be changed into LGPL if you get the permission from all copyright holders, i.e. everyone who has contributed to libdbi-drivers and the SQLite driver. It would probably suffice to ask on this mailing list if anyone disagrees? --Kjell ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Libdbi-drivers-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libdbi-drivers-devel
