+1 Marco
Am Montag, 6. Dezember 2010, um 16.30:01 schrieb Tim Sutton: > Hi All > > Any objections to me going on to give Dave write access to SVN? PSC I > think you need to vote on this. > > +1 from me. > > Regards > > Tim > > On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 4:27 PM, <dave.deh...@sybase.com> wrote: > > In accordance with requirement #6 of the Contributor Guidelines > > (http://www.qgis.org/wiki/Contributor_Guidelines), I am sending this > > email to indicate my agreement to abide by those guidelines. > > > > --Dave DeHaan > > > > ---- > > David E. DeHaan, Ph.D. > > SQL Anywhere Research and Development > > Query Processing team > > Sybase iAnywhere > > www.sybase.com/ianywhere > > Free Developer Edition: http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1016644 > > > > > > > > From: Tim Sutton <t...@linfiniti.com> > > > > To: <dave.deh...@sybase.com> > > > > Cc: QGIS Project Steering Committee <qgis-...@lists.osgeo.org> > > > > Date: 11/30/2010 01:56 PM > > > > Subject: Re: [Qgis-psc] Contributing an SQL Anywhere plugin/provider > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Dave > > > > On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 6:58 PM, <dave.deh...@sybase.com> wrote: > >> Hello Project Steering Committee, > >> > >> I work for Sybase, performing R&D for our SQL Anywhere (SA) product. SA > > > > is > > > >> a cross-platform feature-rich relational DBMS, whose market niches are > >> small- to medium-sized businesses, embedded applications, and mobile > >> environments. Our most recent version (SA12) added comprehensive > >> spatial support, modelled after the SQL/MM and OGC standards. We ship > >> a spatial viewer with our product as part of the administrative tools, > >> but it is exactly that---a viewer intended for developers or > >> administrators, not an end-user GIS application. Many of our customers > >> are new to spatial data and are starting to consider how it might > >> benefit their business. For those customers interested in trying out a > >> feature-rich GIS application, > > > > we > > > >> would like to be able to recommend the Quantum GIS project. From our > >> perspective, enabling QGIS to work with SQL Anywhere could be a benefit > >> both to Sybase customers and to the QGIS project. > >> > >> To that end, I have written a C++ plugin/data-provider combination that > >> interfaces QGIS (works with v1.5 and 1.6) with an SA12 (or later) > > > > backend. > > > >> All that is needed to compile them is a few SA-specific header files, > > > > which > > > >> we have released under the Apache v2.0 licence. To establish a > > > > connection > > > >> to an SA server requires that the client machine has the (proprietary) > > > > SQL > > > >> Anywhere client libraries installed; otherwise a message to that effect > > > > is > > > >> displayed, along with a link to download the free Developer's edition of > >> SA. > >> > >> The plugin/provider code will be released under GPLv3. Although we > >> could distribute it ourselves, we would prefer to contribute it back to > >> the > > > > QGIS > > > >> project so that the SA compatibility is packaged and distributed as part > > > > of > > > >> the main QGIS application. For convenience, we would also contribute > >> the SA-specific headers to the repository (three files subject to the > >> Apache license, not GPL). I would be willing to join the project as > >> maintainer > > > > of > > > >> this code. > >> > >> I look forward to hearing your thoughts on accepting this contribution. > >> > >> Best regards, > >> David DeHaan > >> > >> PS - In the interest of full discloser, over the weekend I had a brief > >> email discussion with Tim, Marco, and Gary about licensing details. > >> They suggested this posting to the PSC once our lawyers signed off on > >> the GPL release, which has now happened. > > > > As per our email discussion, I support the addition of this provider > > and propose Dave be given SVN access so that he can directly > > contribute and maintain his work. Its really cool to have such > > additions make their way into the QGIS code base! > > > > +1 > > > > It would be nice if possible for us (interested QGIS developers I > > guess) to test the SQL Anywhere provider. Is there some way we can get > > licenses of SQL Anywhere for personal use or is there otherwise some > > kind of trial version that we can use for this purpose? > > > > Regards > > > > Tim > > > >> ---- > >> David E. DeHaan, Ph.D. > >> SQL Anywhere Research and Development > >> Query Processing team > >> Sybase iAnywhere > >> www.sybase.com/ianywhere > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Qgis-psc mailing list > >> qgis-...@lists.osgeo.org > >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-psc > > > > -- > > Tim Sutton - QGIS Project Steering Committee Member (Release Manager) > > ============================================== > > Visit http://linfiniti.com to find out about: > > * QGIS programming services > > * Mapserver and PostGIS based hosting plans > > * FOSS Consulting Services > > Skype: timlinux Irc: timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net > > ============================================== -- Dr. Marco Hugentobler Sourcepole - Linux & Open Source Solutions Churerstrasse 22, CH-8808 Pfäffikon SZ, Switzerland marco.hugentob...@sourcepole.ch http://www.sourcepole.ch Technical Advisor QGIS Project Steering Committee _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer