Re: Official ODBC announcement - Mailing list pgsql-odbc

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: Official ODBC announcement
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Msg-id 4270F9C9.5040805@commandprompt.com
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In response to Re: Official ODBC announcement  (Steve Wampler <swampler@noao.edu>)
Responses Re: Official ODBC announcement
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>
> Why?  Because we have specialized, complex hardware (telescopes
> and instruments) purchased with software from vendors using
> non-GPL compatible licenses.  We, as a non-profit organization,
> cannot afford the extra $$$

You can't afford 25.00? Or even 200.00? Or even a 50% discount
do non-profits?

  it would take to convince those
> vendors to provide us the same software under a GPL and there
> is *no other* source of such software that we can afford,
> either (the "other source" is to write it ourselves or hire
> someone to do so). The GPL does not permit us to link this vendor
> code in with code that also links in GPL-based libraries.

And actually if you don't distribute your code you can but I don't know
what you do.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake



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