[Gambas-user] Removal of gb.db.firebird

Benoît Minisini gambas at ...1...
Sat Mar 19 03:30:42 CET 2011


> On 03/18/2011 10:15 PM, Benoît Minisini wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I'm sorry that I had to remove the gb.db.firebird component in Gambas 3,
> > because the license of some its source files is not actually compatible
> > with the General Public License.
> 
> Did you voice your concerns about incompatibility to the maintainers? I
> have no personal stake in this; I didn't know what it was until a couple
> of minutes ago, but it seems a shame if their variation on the license
> makes it incompatible. Their license may affect them adversely in the
> future if they don't change it.

I don't know who to contact. I was just warned by a FSF guy about that. So I 
am removing it now for the release candidate. But I will add it back if the 
problem is fixed.

Regards,

-- 
Benoît Minisini




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