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Re: why postgres?
by Marco Menardi on Wednesday 23/Feb/2005, @15:01

I've never heard of problems with FirebirdSQL and GPL, since you have to connect with the database, not include his code. Maybe their "modified" MPL is modified enought to be able to interface with GPL programs ;) But I'm not a lawyer.
I was replying to your message about PostgresSQL vs MySQL, and I'm sure you will be surprised on Firebird performances, low footprint, high stability, low manteniance needs, etc..
So mine was just a suggestion, since if you "don't see any reason not to use Postgres", I don't see any reason to use Postgres instead of Firebird ;)
So would be great if you could have a look also at Firebird :)
thanks

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Re: why postgres?
by Ian Monroe on Thursday 24/Feb/2005, @00:11

Well, I'd assume the client libraries for FirebirdSQL are in MPL as well. You do have to link againist those.

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Re: why postgres?
by Marco Menardi on Thursday 24/Feb/2005, @01:00

Well, I use Firebird and, at the moment, my program is in Delphi under Windows, so I'm not an expert and I don't know what "client libraries" you need.
I know, for instance, that JCA/JDBC Driver:
http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php?op=devel&sub=jdbc
is distributed free of charge under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL).
I don't know about ODBC/JDBC Driver
http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php?op=devel&sub=odbc
or ADO.NET Data Provider
http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php?op=devel&sub=netprovider
but probably the license is included in the package you can download.
In any case, if you visit the main site I suggest you http://www.firebirdsql.org/ probably you can understand more and better.
Thanks again

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