Re: [unixODBC-DEV] - Re: [HACKERS] info on unixODBC/Postgres driver port to IRIX 6.5.7 64bit - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Lamar Owen
Subject Re: [unixODBC-DEV] - Re: [HACKERS] info on unixODBC/Postgres driver port to IRIX 6.5.7 64bit
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Msg-id 394903F2.E704B95F@wgcr.org
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] info on unixODBC/Postgres driver port to IRIX 6.5.7 64bit  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Peter Harvey wrote:
>
> The PostgreSQL driver, in unixODBC, is a direct descendent of Byrons
> driver. I took the driver,  made it compile on UNIX again, then added a few
> fixs to make it work in unixODBC and with StarOffice 5.0. I think other
> enhancements were made to it since then (about a year ago).
>
> The intention was to merge the changes back into Byrons stuff but that has not
> happened (that I am aware of).

Is the unixODBC driver GPL?  If so, that's why it hasn't been pulled
back into the BSD-licensed PostgreSQL distribution.

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Lamar Owen
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