ODBC component licenses

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:32:00 -0500, Jacob Carlborg <doob at me.com> wrote:

> On 2011-11-11 14:06, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>> On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 05:49:32 -0500, Jacob Carlborg <doob at me.com> wrote:
>>> If dlopen is used to load a dynamic library then there shouldn't be
>>> any problem. It will be automatically loaded and only when needed.
>>
>> The subject of this discussion (FreeTDS) apparently only comes in static
>> library form (unless we want to build and support dynamic libraries of  
>> it).
>>
>> -Steve
>
>
> Hmm, I have FreeTDS installed as a dynamic library and I'm using it via  
> Ruby on Rails. But I can see on the freetds FAQ page that it doesn't  
> provide a dynamic library any more. I didn't know about that.
>
> It seems one should have some kind of client library, which I assume can  
> be a dynamic library.

I think the approach we should support is defining a framework in phobos,  
and then implementations in external libs.  These external libs don't have  
to be dynamic ones.

-Steve