[Qgis-developer] Re: [Qgis-user] Oracle Spatial Driver

[Andreas Neumann]

 Hi,

 Shouldn't the Oracle driver work for both versions? I would assume so, 
 but I may be wrong ... To me (not an oracle specialist) it seems like 
 this is only a licensing difference?

 Thanks for clarifying,
 Andreas

 On Tue, 3 Apr 2012 11:27:26 +0200, G. Allegri wrote:
> I suppose we're talking about Oracle Spatial, otherwise I don't think
> it would worth it...
>
> giovanni
>
> 2012/4/3
>
>> Just a quick general question - would this be an Oracle Spatial or
>> an Oracle Locator driver? Because (for those who don't know), Oracle
>> give quite a lot of their spatial stuff for "free" by way of Oracle
>> Locator (it's included in Oracle Enterprise Edition), but there's a
>> expensive extension called Oracle Spatial which adds a lot more
>> functions.
>>
>> Ideally the driver would be able to use the Locator functionality
>> without triggering the Spatial functionality unless that
>> functionality is explicitly requested (Oracle have a weird licensing
>> model - everything is enabled and you can't easily disable it; the
>> onus is on the user not to use the extensions).
>>
>> My thoughts/observations anyway, but I'm not the one paying so...
>> :-)
>> Jonathan
>>
>> From:        Andreas Neumann
>> To:        qgis-user , qgis-developer
>> Date:        30/03/2012 08:26
>> Subject:        [Qgis-user] Oracle Spatial Driver
>> Sent by:        qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [4]
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>>  Hi,
>>
>> The City of Dornbirn and the Province of Vorarlberg have an
>> interest in
>> getting an Oracle Spatial native driver developed for QGIS. They
>> would
>> finance the bulk of the development, but they are interested in
>> other
>> financial contributions if there are other interested commercial or
>>
>> governmental QGIS users with an interest in the access of Oracle
>> databases.
>>
>> Please contact me if you have an interest in helping this project
>> financially. We are not interested in small donations but in more
>> substantial amounts in order not to complicate the billing process
>> too
>> much.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Andreas
>>
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