Re: Releasing an Oracle PL/SQL Web Toolkit application under the GPL

Hi

There is also now an O'Reilly book on Open source Oracle software / programming, i realise there is a difference between open source and GPL, but it may be worth a look, i have not looked at it myself.

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Pete Finnigan
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In article <Pine.GSU.4.05.10108311002280.18068-100000_at_psyche.thewire. com>, Austin Ziegler <aziegler_at_the-wire.com> writes
>On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Mark Rittman wrote:
>> Folks,
>>
>> I've developed a discussion board application that runs on the Oracle 8.1.7.
>> Databaseand uses the Oracle PL/SQL toolkit and the Apache HTTP Server. I've
>> had good feedback about it so far, and i'd like to release the sourcecode
>> under the GPL.
>>
>> If you aren't aware of it, the GPL (more details at
>> http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html) basically allows redistribution of the
>> code, changes to be made to it, and so on (i.e. the program is Open Source),
>> with no warranty or guarantee.
>>
>> Has anyone else done this? Can you release a program (a series of packages)
>> via the GPL, where the system it depends upon (Oracle) is closed-source,
>> proprietary software? Or does its reliance on Oracle mean it cannot be free
>> software?
>
>It can be GPLed, more's the pity. See Steve Feuerstein's excellent utPLSQL
>kit for an example.
>
>-f

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