Hi On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Vincent Picavet <vincent...@oslandia.com> wrote: > Hello, > >> The City of Dornbirn and the Province of Vorarlberg have an interest in >> getting an Oracle Spatial native driver developed for QGIS. They would >> finance the bulk of the development, but they are interested in other >> financial contributions if there are other interested commercial or >> governmental QGIS users with an interest in the access of Oracle >> databases. > > It's not to feed the troll, but be sure to read the other threads regarding > the GPL and linking problems. There _may_ be some legal implications > concerning such a development, be sure to get them identified before starting > development. >
Yes it would be good to research this. We may also amend the license to make a special linking exception for this case if we decide it is in our best interests. Or maybe there is some free oracle library like FreeTDS for MSSSQL? Regards Tim > Vincent > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > qgis-develo...@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer -- Tim Sutton - QGIS Project Steering Committee Member (Release Manager) ============================================== Please do not email me off-list with technical support questions. Using the lists will gain more exposure for your issues and the knowledge surrounding your issue will be shared with all. Visit http://linfiniti.com to find out about: * QGIS programming and support services * Mapserver and PostGIS based hosting plans * FOSS Consulting Services Skype: timlinux Irc: timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net ============================================== _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user