[Freegis-list] OGDI Licensing Concerns

[Jan-Oliver Wagner]

Hi all,

On Sun, Mar 11, 2001 at 06:03:39PM -0500, Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> I have reviewed the OGDI code, and was successful in removed a number of
> files in the include/win32 directory.  While they may have once been used
> for some purpose, I find they aren't actually used anymore, even on Windows.
> I have updated the LICENSE file to reflect two licenses that are no longer
> issues (including the heapagent one), and issued an OGDI 3.1alpha3 release
> without the license problems.
> 
> I have skimmed the other licenses, and I don't think there are any other
> real problems.  If there is please let me know and I will do what I can to
> clean them up.  It is the 3i's intention for OGDI to meet the OSD. 

thanks Frank!
I got answer from FSF that even the Sun RPC license is regarded GPL compatible
(which I was not 100% sure of):

> /* @(#)auth.h 2.3 88/08/07 4.0 RPCSRC; from 1.17 88/02/08 SMI */
> /*
>  * Sun RPC is a product of Sun Microsystems, Inc. and is provided for
>  * unrestricted use provided that this legend is included on all tape
>  * media and as a part of the software program in whole or part.  Users
>  * may copy or modify Sun RPC without charge, but are not authorized   
>  * to license or distribute it to anyone else except as part of a product or
>  * program developed by the user.
> 
> This license is GPL compatible, once you put it the RPC source as part of
> a program.  We use an RPC under a similar license as part of glibc, for  
> example.

I added OGDI to FreeGIS today. It is Free Software as in "free speech".
GIS network application programmes should have a look at it.
Other interested people as well, perhaps you will gain some interesting
ideas who to use or incorporate OGDI :-)

Jan

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