On 10/12/10 10:16, Alexander Thurgood wrote: > 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:c...@ch-werner.de
Because he's not the copyright holder? > 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. > > Unfortunately, the files all claim to be copyright Sun. So, unfortunately, if this is true then what the author wants is irrelevant :-( I'll investigate that route, thanks, but going by the evidence in front of me it's likely to be futile. Cheers, Wol _______________________________________________ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice