ODBC component licenses

[Jonathan M Davis]

On Thursday, November 10, 2011 19:50:03 Dejan Lekic wrote:
> On 10/11/11 05:55, Steve Teale wrote:
> > The libraries for unixODBC and for FreeTDS (communication with SQL
> > Server) are LGPL.
> > 
> > Would a D ODBC driver that used these be compatible with Phobos?
> > 
> > Steve
> 
> I would strongly advice any DB driver go into a separate library instead
> of Phobos. Too many unneeded modules are in Phobos already and more
> modules that do not belong in Phobos are about to be accepted...

Like what?

> Possibly all DB drivers could go into one, or separate (better, so one
> can load them when needed) libraries. If that is the case, the author
> can use any license he or she likes.

It's going to have to be set up such that 3rd party DB drivers can be used, 
but the more of them that we can put in Phobos, the better, since it makes it 
easier to find and use them.

The entire issue here is licensing, not whether we _want_ to stick it in 
Phobos.

- Jonathan M Davis