Re: [Libreoffice] Base - sqlite - licence grief

Hi,


Le 09/12/10 20:07, Wols Lists a écrit :
> I've downloaded the old sqlite driver, which is copyright Sun LGPL 2.1.
>
> I was going to try and get that working, and teach myself C++ in the
> process, but on trying to commit it to my local repo the first thing I
> get is "you are adding tabs to these files" (no I'm not but never mind :-)
>
> So I fix that, then I get "Your change introduces old licences". Where
> do I go from here? I could unilaterally change all the files to GPL3+
> (as permitted by the LGPL) but I don't yet have the skill to rewrite the
> files. Or is there a contact at Oracle I can ask to upgrade the licence
> to LGPL3?

Why not ask Christian Werner, the guy who wrote it in the first place ?
mailto:chw@ch-werner.de

From what I can see of the licence terms for the ODBC SQLite driver, his
terms are actually quite liberal :

http://www.ch-werner.de/sqliteodbc/html/index.html

As far as I can tell, his intention was the same for the SDBC driver
too, but you  would be better off asking him I guess.


Alex