[Libreoffice] Base - sqlite - licence grief

[Wols Lists]

On 10/12/10 10:16, Alexander Thurgood wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> Le 09/12/10 20:07, Wols Lists a écrit :
>> I've downloaded the old sqlite driver, which is copyright Sun LGPL 2.1.
>>
>> I was going to try and get that working, and teach myself C++ in the
>> process, but on trying to commit it to my local repo the first thing I
>> get is "you are adding tabs to these files" (no I'm not but never mind :-)
>>
>> So I fix that, then I get "Your change introduces old licences". Where
>> do I go from here? I could unilaterally change all the files to GPL3+
>> (as permitted by the LGPL) but I don't yet have the skill to rewrite the
>> files. Or is there a contact at Oracle I can ask to upgrade the licence
>> to LGPL3?
>>
> Why not ask Christian Werner, the guy who wrote it in the first place ?
> mailto:chw at ch-werner.de

Because he's not the copyright holder?
> From what I can see of the licence terms for the ODBC SQLite driver, his
> terms are actually quite liberal :
>
> http://www.ch-werner.de/sqliteodbc/html/index.html
>
> As far as I can tell, his intention was the same for the SDBC driver
> too, but you  would be better off asking him I guess.
>
>
Unfortunately, the files all claim to be copyright Sun. So,
unfortunately, if this is true then what the author wants is irrelevant :-(

I'll investigate that route, thanks, but going by the evidence in front
of me it's likely to be futile.

Cheers,
Wol