Stuart, Thanks so much for the info. I wasn't aware of jtds so I will totally dig into that.
Thanks, Bryan > On Mar 20, 2016, at 5:35 AM, Stuart Henderson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 2016/03/19 23:18, Bryan C. Everly wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to get us more JDBC drivers in the ports tree and was wondering >> this. The Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server jdbc drivers are closed source >> yet they post the jar files online for them. >> >> Could I set up a port that packages them and just set the >> PERMIT_PACKAGE_CDROM to "No" to prevent us from shipping them on the CD? >> >> Or is there some subtle license issue that, as a n00b I would run afoul of? >> >> Thanks, >> Bryan > > Microsoft don't grant distribution rights for their SQL Server JDBC > driver so it shouldn't be on ftp either. So it could go in ports but > would need PERMIT_PACKAGE_FTP/PERMIT_DISTFILES_FTP=Restrictive license > or similar. > > For SQL Server it's probably a better idea to package jtds though, > it works well for me. >
