Hi All Any objections to me going on to give Dave write access to SVN? PSC I think you need to vote on this.
+1 from me. Regards Tim On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 4:27 PM, <dave.deh...@sybase.com> wrote: > In accordance with requirement #6 of the Contributor Guidelines > (http://www.qgis.org/wiki/Contributor_Guidelines), I am sending this email > to indicate my agreement to abide by those guidelines. > > --Dave DeHaan > > ---- > David E. DeHaan, Ph.D. > SQL Anywhere Research and Development > Query Processing team > Sybase iAnywhere > www.sybase.com/ianywhere > Free Developer Edition: http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1016644 > > > > From: Tim Sutton <t...@linfiniti.com> > > To: <dave.deh...@sybase.com> > > Cc: QGIS Project Steering Committee <qgis-...@lists.osgeo.org> > > Date: 11/30/2010 01:56 PM > > Subject: Re: [Qgis-psc] Contributing an SQL Anywhere plugin/provider > > > > > > > Hi Dave > > On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 6:58 PM, <dave.deh...@sybase.com> wrote: >> >> Hello Project Steering Committee, >> >> I work for Sybase, performing R&D for our SQL Anywhere (SA) product. SA > is >> a cross-platform feature-rich relational DBMS, whose market niches are >> small- to medium-sized businesses, embedded applications, and mobile >> environments. Our most recent version (SA12) added comprehensive spatial >> support, modelled after the SQL/MM and OGC standards. We ship a spatial >> viewer with our product as part of the administrative tools, but it is >> exactly that---a viewer intended for developers or administrators, not an >> end-user GIS application. Many of our customers are new to spatial data >> and are starting to consider how it might benefit their business. For >> those customers interested in trying out a feature-rich GIS application, > we >> would like to be able to recommend the Quantum GIS project. From our >> perspective, enabling QGIS to work with SQL Anywhere could be a benefit >> both to Sybase customers and to the QGIS project. >> >> To that end, I have written a C++ plugin/data-provider combination that >> interfaces QGIS (works with v1.5 and 1.6) with an SA12 (or later) > backend. >> All that is needed to compile them is a few SA-specific header files, > which >> we have released under the Apache v2.0 licence. To establish a > connection >> to an SA server requires that the client machine has the (proprietary) > SQL >> Anywhere client libraries installed; otherwise a message to that effect > is >> displayed, along with a link to download the free Developer's edition of >> SA. >> >> The plugin/provider code will be released under GPLv3. Although we could >> distribute it ourselves, we would prefer to contribute it back to the > QGIS >> project so that the SA compatibility is packaged and distributed as part > of >> the main QGIS application. For convenience, we would also contribute the >> SA-specific headers to the repository (three files subject to the Apache >> license, not GPL). I would be willing to join the project as maintainer > of >> this code. >> >> I look forward to hearing your thoughts on accepting this contribution. >> >> Best regards, >> David DeHaan >> >> PS - In the interest of full discloser, over the weekend I had a brief >> email discussion with Tim, Marco, and Gary about licensing details. They >> suggested this posting to the PSC once our lawyers signed off on the GPL >> release, which has now happened. > > > As per our email discussion, I support the addition of this provider > and propose Dave be given SVN access so that he can directly > contribute and maintain his work. Its really cool to have such > additions make their way into the QGIS code base! > > +1 > > It would be nice if possible for us (interested QGIS developers I > guess) to test the SQL Anywhere provider. Is there some way we can get > licenses of SQL Anywhere for personal use or is there otherwise some > kind of trial version that we can use for this purpose? > > Regards > > Tim > >> >> ---- >> David E. DeHaan, Ph.D. >> SQL Anywhere Research and Development >> Query Processing team >> Sybase iAnywhere >> www.sybase.com/ianywhere >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Qgis-psc mailing list >> qgis-...@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-psc >> > > > > -- > Tim Sutton - QGIS Project Steering Committee Member (Release Manager) > ============================================== > Visit http://linfiniti.com to find out about: > * QGIS programming services > * Mapserver and PostGIS based hosting plans > * FOSS Consulting Services > Skype: timlinux Irc: timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net > ============================================== > > > > > -- Tim Sutton - QGIS Project Steering Committee Member (Release Manager) ============================================== Visit http://linfiniti.com to find out about: * QGIS programming services * Mapserver and PostGIS based hosting plans * FOSS Consulting Services Skype: timlinux Irc: timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net ============================================== _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer