On Sat, 2008-05-10 at 13:58 -0700, Roy T. Fielding wrote: > This is a showstopper. It must be fixed in 1.3.x before release. > My fix is also incomplete: All of the other DBD drivers that do not have > redistributable client libraries must also default off. Oracle is one > for sure -- I am unaware of the terms for the other drivers.
Quick summary: - MySQL: GPL licence, allows open source (including APR) to link to it; people shipping APR inside a proprietary piece of code may be in trouble for linking to GPL licensed MySQL, better turn it off by default - FreeTDS: LGPL licence, OK to link to by anyone - Oracle: proprietary licence, better stay clear to avoid getting downstream people in trouble by default - SQLite: public domain, OK to link by anyone - PostgreSQL: BSD licence, OK to link by anyone -- Bojan
