[QGIS-trac] Re: [Quantum GIS] #3432: License conflict with GPLv3+ libs

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#3432: License conflict with GPLv3+ libs
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   Reporter:  volter                            |              Owner:  nobody       
       Type:  bug                               |             Status:  new          
   Priority:  major: does not work as expected  |          Milestone:  Version 1.7.0
  Component:  Build/Install                     |            Version:  Trunk        
   Keywords:                                    |   Platform_version:               
   Platform:  All                               |           Must_fix:  No           
Status_info:  0                                 |  
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Changes (by timlinux):

 * cc: ♫, dave.dehaan@… (added)


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:4 pcav]:
 > Can anyone confirm this? Is so, I think we should drop SQLAnywhere
 support before releasing 1.7

 Please note this was discussed in a private thread with the plugin
 developer before he contributed the code. I encouraged Dave to hold the
 discussions publicly which he did as soon as their lawyers gave the go
 ahead.

 As Marco mentions above, our understanding is that it is ok for GPL v2
 code to link to and include code with a later version of the GPL license.

 Sybase have really gone out of their way to contribute their code the
 'right' way and removing their plugin would not be a very generous or
 sympathetic move on our part.

 It is our hope that Sybase's intiative may spur other proprietary
 geospatial database developers to copy suite and contribute open source
 client software for their systems. This would go a long way towards
 getting QGIS into the enterprise.

 We are not licensing gurus, but lets find a way to make this work if there
 is a bona fide issue.

 Regards

 Tim

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/3432#comment:7>
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