Is there a target date to make the Zope ODBC Database Adapter available on Linux?
On Tue, Dec 29, 1998 at 07:38:21PM -0800, Scott Sampson wrote:
Is there a target date to make the Zope ODBC Database Adapter available on Linux?
This has nothing to do with Linux (this is a common question for Python in general)... it has to do with needing an ODBC driver for the OS. As far as I know, there are only commercial drivers for UNIX implementations. You'll notice it's only available for Win32, that's because Win32 has the ODBC drivers if you've installed Access, etc... Gotta love it. Chris -- | Christopher Petrilli | petrilli@amber.org
On Tue, 29 Dec 1998, Christopher G. Petrilli wrote:
On Tue, Dec 29, 1998 at 07:38:21PM -0800, Scott Sampson wrote:
Is there a target date to make the Zope ODBC Database Adapter available on Linux?
This has nothing to do with Linux (this is a common question for Python in general)... it has to do with needing an ODBC driver for the OS. As far as I know, there are only commercial drivers for UNIX Nope, there seem to be a free implementation too. (Notice the PostgreSQL ODBC driver, etc.) BUT the ODBC manager I'm thinking of has one HUGE problem: It's GPL, and as such legally incompatible with Zope :(
Andreas -- Win95: n., A huge annoying boot virus that causes random spontaneous system crashes, usually just before saving a massive project. Easily cured by UNIX. See also MS-DOS, IBM-DOS, DR-DOS, Win 3.x, Win98.
On Wed, 30 Dec 1998, Andreas Kostyrka wrote:
Nope, there seem to be a free implementation too. (Notice the PostgreSQL ODBC driver, etc.) BUT the ODBC manager I'm thinking of has one HUGE problem: It's GPL, and as such legally incompatible with Zope :(
Ie. it can't be packaged with Zope. But it can be used with Zope (and even packaged separately and distributed with Zope in mind). The MySQL adapter isn't packaged with Zope, but it still is used. I guess I just don't see the big problem here. --- John Eikenberry [jae@taos.kavi.com - http://taos.kavi.com/~jae/] ______________________________________________________________ "A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will deserve neither and lose both." --B. Franklin
On Wed, 30 Dec 1998, Andreas Kostyrka wrote:
Nope, there seem to be a free implementation too. (Notice the PostgreSQL ODBC driver, etc.) BUT the ODBC manager I'm thinking of has one HUGE problem: It's GPL, and as such legally incompatible with Zope :(
Why is GPL incompatible with Zope, is it the clause that states only other GPL'ed code can be linked with GPL code (I think it's something like that I'll have to check and make sure.) Does this mean we can not make a Product for Zope and GPL it? --------------------------------------------------- - Scott Robertson Phone: 714.972.2299 - - CodeIt Computing Fax: 714.972.2399 - - http://codeit.com - ---------------------------------------------------
On Wed, 30 Dec 1998, Scott Robertson wrote:
On Wed, 30 Dec 1998, Andreas Kostyrka wrote:
Nope, there seem to be a free implementation too. (Notice the PostgreSQL ODBC driver, etc.) BUT the ODBC manager I'm thinking of has one HUGE problem: It's GPL, and as such legally incompatible with Zope :(
Why is GPL incompatible with Zope, is it the clause that states only other GPL'ed code can be linked with GPL code (I think it's something like that There is basically no such clause. BUT there is a clause that says that you may not place additional restrictions on GPL code.
So if you would now take the ODBC manager that is GPLed, and embed it in Zope, than you would place some additional restrictions on it, for example ``the button clause'' in the Zope license, etc.
I'll have to check and make sure.) Does this mean we can not make a Product for Zope and GPL it? You can. The author can always do what he wants to do, as he is basically not bound by his own license ;)
The problem is, that looking externally on this, you cannot fulfill the license. That's the old KDE/Qt/GPL problem. You probably noticed that because of this there is no Kimp (KDE port of Gimp). I've seen it running on Linux Kongress in Cologne this year, but because the KDE people cannot fulfill the GPL of Gimp, it may not be distributed ;) Andreas -- Win95: n., A huge annoying boot virus that causes random spontaneous system crashes, usually just before saving a massive project. Easily cured by UNIX. See also MS-DOS, IBM-DOS, DR-DOS, Win 3.x, Win98.
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