Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] psqlodbc - psqlodbc: Put Autotools-generated files into subdirectory

Robert Treat wrote:
> On Monday 07 May 2007 15:52, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>> Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>>> Hiroshi Inoue wrote:
>>>> Maybe it's BSD which is different from the license of psqlodbc (LGPL).
>>>> Is there no problem with their coexistence ?
>>>> Or is it possible for psqlodbc to be LGPL entirely ?
>>> I am having difficulty in understanding what the problem is. My
>>> understanding is that using BSD licensed code is ok in an LGPL project,
>>> but (probably) not vice versa.
>> To my knowledge you can do it either way, as long as you remember that
>> any changes to the lgpl code have to be released.
>>
> 
> It's generally a very bad idea for a BSD licensed project to include lgpl 
> licensed code because people who try and use your work in thier own projects,  
> under the assumption that it really is bsd licensed, get bitten when they 
> find out that they have now illegally included code that is licensed via some 
> other license.   

Psqlodbc package is LGPL licensed and seems to have little problem to
include copy of BSD licensed code as a part of it. It's what I
understand now from other developers' teachings. I'm still afraid of
my misunderstanding a little.

Thanks.

Hiroshi Inoue