+----[ Hannu Krosing ]--------------------------------------------- | Andrew Kenneth Milton wrote: | > | > +----[ Anthony Baxter ]--------------------------------------------- | > | >>> Andrew Kenneth Milton wrote | > | > | A few comments: You'll need a more recent release of Sybase than the | > | > | old free 11.0.3 version. There's an 11.9.2 that you can download. | > | > I only really need it to talk to MS-SQL 6.5 and it is working so the | > | > 11.0.3 header files seem to be enough. I also didn't want to have anything | > | > radically divergent from the FreeTDS base, so I figured an earlier release | > | > was better. | > | | > | I _believe_ the 11.0.3 release is a "free" one, i.e. you don't need to | > | get a license for it. In that case, you could put together a how-to like | > | > /* | > ** Sybase Open Client/Server Version 10.0.1 | > ** Confidential Property of Sybase, Inc. | > ** Copyright Sybase, Inc. 1992, 1994 | > ** All rights reserved | > */ | > | > You don't need a license to use, I think you need a license to | > redistribute parts of it. | | But how-to and patches are _not_ a part of it ! They are _your_ intellectual | property and you are free to do hwatever you want with it. (Unless you have | signed some papers specifically giving up your rights to distribute your work | in future in exchange to the privilege of looking at their code ;) I know about IP, I also know the difference between reverse-engineering and clean-room techniques. There are legal issues from both sides of the fence. | | > I guess if I put a How-To up on the | > Zope site and if DigiCool are happy to take the heat for it, | > I can do it, inc. patches against freetds and the Sybase | > include files. It's the diffs against the include files I'm | > worried about + the fact that FreeTDS is GPL and Sybase is not; | | Yes, the last part can be troublesome. You should have never linked them, | not even for your own use! AFAIK GPL specifically forbids this. | So wait for a call from FSF lawyers. GPL only forbids distribution :-) What I do in the privacy of my own computer is my business :-) | | > derivative products and all that. I'm not going to subject anyone | > to possible legal action without their permission :-) | | Just put a prominent notice in the readme.txt and advise possible downloaders | to read readme.txt before downloading the how-to. I've submitted a How-To and a Software Package consisting of the How-To and three diff files (One for FreeTDS, One for Sybase Include Files, and One for the Adpater) to DigiCool for review. I guess it's up to them now. At least with the diff files split, some of the work can be distributed. -- Totally Holistic Enterprises Internet| P:+61 7 3870 0066 | Andrew Milton The Internet (Aust) Pty Ltd | F:+61 7 3870 4477 | ACN: 082 081 472 | M:+61 416 022 411 | Carpe Daemon PO Box 837 Indooroopilly QLD 4068 |akm@theinternet.com.au|