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

[Benoît Minisini]

Here is the mail about the license problems in Gambas:

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Hello,
Thank you for your email.  I'm sorry it has taken me a little while to
get back to you, but this is a complex program you have here.  I went
over all of it and checked every single license in it and most all of it
is very well done.  There are only a few things that need to be changed
in order for me to add it to the Directory.

This file:
gb.db.firebird/src/ibpp/core/iberror.h  requires the Interbase Public
License 1.0 which is not included in the program and, furthermore, is
not compatible with the GPL.  In order to accept your program into the
Directory you will need to replace this code with something that is
compatible with the GPL and include that license.

This file:
gb.net.smtp/src/libsmtp_connection.c  requires the LGPLv2.1.  If you
include the full text of the LGPL in your program then you will have
satisfied the requirements of this particular file.  The whole text of
the LGPL can be found here. 
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html

Once the two things listed above are done please email me and let me
know where I can find a tarball with the new files.  I will be happy to
look over your work and let you know if I can upload your project to the
Directory.

Thanks for supporting free software,
Kelly
Directory Maintainer

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The gb.net.smtp problem has been fixed.

But to communicate with a firebird database server, you have to use source 
files that are all under the InterBase license (not just iberror.h). And that 
license is not compatible with GPL.

-- 
Benoît Minisini