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Re: [Savannah-hackers] savannah.gnu.org: submission of Dbrb
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Loic Dachary |
Subject: |
Re: [Savannah-hackers] savannah.gnu.org: submission of Dbrb |
Date: |
Sun, 9 Jun 2002 11:49:03 +0200 |
Hi,
Could you please submit your project again with a (possibly
temporary) URL to the current distribution ? We will help you fix
potential licensing problems.
Thanks in advance,
address@hidden writes:
>
> A package was submitted to savannah.gnu.org.
> This mail was sent to address@hidden, address@hidden
>
>
> Giampaolo Gallo <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
> License: gpl
> Other License:
> Package: Dbrb
> System name: dbrb
> This package wants to apply for inclusion in the GNU project
>
> Description:
> This software, called dbrb, implements a client-server database independent
> interface. Its architecture is based on a server program that interfaces to
> one or more RDBMS and clients that interact with the server using a simple
> protocol. The application program (in C, Perl, Php, Java etc.) does not talk
> directly to the RDBMS but forwards its queries to the dbrb server which in
> turn forwards them to the database engine.
>
> Supported free databases:
>
> - mysql http://www.mysql.com
> - postgresql http://www.postgresql.org
>
> Although this project is released under the GNU GPL it provides
> support for some non-free databases:
>
> - informix
> - IBM-db2
> - oracle
> - msql-2
>
> All these database are not all equally supported. The documentation
> is not yet up to date.
>
> RDBMS are supported through modules that can be omitted without
> compromising the software functionality.
>
> The project already exists and will be soon available for download
> at http://www.iws.it/dbrb. The modules for the proprietary databases
> will be free and available separately if their distribution will be found
> compatible with the GPL or the LGPL.
>
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