[Mono-list] Sybase and Microsoft SQL Server database supportin Mono ADO.NET

[Daniel Morgan]

The C# class libraries in Mono are under the X11 license.  X11 license is
more compatible with BSD though.

-----Original Message-----
From: Guenther Roith [mailto:groith@tcrz.net]
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 11:33 AM
To: Rodrigo Moya; Tim Coleman
Cc: Daniel Morgan; Mono List
Subject: Re: [Mono-list] Sybase and Microsoft SQL Server database
supportin Mono ADO.NET


Hello!

> > At one point in the past I looked at creating a libgda provider for
> > FreeTDS.  Unfortunately, I ran out of time :).  I would like to help
> > create a provider for FreeTDS in mono.  I'm not sure that going through
> > libgda is the correct approach though.
> >
> it's not going through libgda, but it's gonna use the TDS protocol
> directly, either via FreeTDS or talking it directly (if we port jTDS).


A jTDS to C# port would be cool, but take care of the license. It's the
original BSD license and therefor incompatible with the GPL, because of
this:

3. advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must
display the following acknowledgement:
   This product includes software developed by CDS Networks, Inc.

see: http://jtds.sourceforge.net/license.html

If the port is changed enough, not to contain _any_ old code, would it still
work? ;-)

Johannes