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

[Kevin Fishburne]

On 03/18/2011 10:43 PM, Kevin Fishburne wrote:
> On 03/18/2011 10:30 PM, Benoît Minisini wrote:
>>> 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.
>
> I just sent their foundation or whatever the following through their 
> web site:
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> removal of Firebird component from GAMBAS 3
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> From Kevin Fishburne, email kevinfishburne at ...1887...
> Ph: 770-853-6271
>
> Benoît Minisini just announced on the GAMBAS users mailing list that 
> he will be removing the Firebird component from his programming 
> language due to concerns raised by an unknown (by me) associate of the 
> Free Software Foundation. Said associate stated that the Firebird 
> license is incompatible with the GPL, presumably version 2, but that 
> he may add it later if the issue has been corrected.
>
> While I'm not suggesting any particular action be taken, I'd like to 
> make you aware of the incident. I've sent a copy of this email to the 
> mailing list so that Benoît and users of GAMBAS are aware.
>
> Please feel free to contact him about this matter in the mailing list 
> gambas at ...52...
>

Wow. So much for that. See attached NDR. Maybe I should send them an 
email from AOL or something...

-- 
Kevin Fishburne
Eight Virtues
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