Re: dbus and GNOME 2.8

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 21:14 +0100, jamie wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 21:01, Sean Middleditch wrote:
> > One quick note, before I bother carrying this discussion any further -
> > Firebird is under the IPL which is identical to the MPL which is not GPL
> > compatible; it cannot be linked to most GNOME applications.  This is why
> > Mozilla is dual (or triple now) licensed under MPL/GPL/LGPL.  Any
> > argument regarding how great you think Firebird is are pointless, since
> > it can't be used in any part of the GNOME release.
> 
> maybe I need to check that but the Gnome-Db provider for Firebird is
> LGPL so should that matter?
> 
in that case, I guess it is the same problem as with the MySQL provider,
which now uses the GPL libraries. We have disabled it while we wait for
MySQL, Co to dual-license it. I guess we'll have to do the same with the
FireBird provider. Or use a middleware layer to communicate the LGPL
library with the GPL provider.

cheers