Re: [HACKERS] Re: psqlodbc - psqlodbc: Put Autotools-generated files into subdirectory - Mailing list pgsql-committers

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Re: psqlodbc - psqlodbc: Put Autotools-generated files into subdirectory
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Msg-id 463FC371.5080807@commandprompt.com
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] Re: psqlodbc - psqlodbc: Put Autotools-generated files into subdirectory  (Hiroshi Inoue <inoue@tpf.co.jp>)
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Hiroshi Inoue wrote:
> Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>> Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Hiroshi Inoue wrote:
>>>> Maybe it's BSD which is different from the license of psqlodbc (LGPL).
>>>> Is there no problem with their coexistence ?
>>>> Or is it possible for psqlodbc to be LGPL entirely ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I am having difficulty in understanding what the problem is. My
>>> understanding is that using BSD licensed code is ok in an LGPL
>>> project, but (probably) not vice versa.
>>
>> To my knowledge you can do it either way, as long as you remember that
>> any changes to the lgpl code have to be released.
>
> Could you tell me a recommendation ?
> I feel completely LGPL one is simpler.

If you are asking me, which code you should release under, I would
suggest the LGPL as the psqlodbc driver is licensed under the LGPL.

Joshua D. Drake

>
> Thanks.
>
> Hiroshi Inoue
>


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