[freetds] FreeTDS Source Availability

[Thompson, Mike]

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Hi.



Be forewarned: this question is from someone new to Open Source.



We wish to implement software that runs on QNX, retrieves data from a Process LAN MS SQL Server(tm) database on Windows XP (or Windows Server 2008), and shunts this data in flat files through a unidirectional gateway to a Windows Server 2008 PC, to be processed and used to update a Business LAN mirror MS SQL Server(tm) database. Because we are implementing a unidirectional gateway, we require all the source code, to assure ourselves that there are no security leaks or deliberately malicious code.



Is the source code available for all components in the FreeTDS offering?



Thanks,

Mike Thompson



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Mike,

Sure is:

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Post by Thompson, Mike
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Hi.
Be forewarned: this question is from someone new to Open Source.
We wish to implement software that runs on QNX, retrieves data from a Process LAN MS SQL Server(tm) database on Windows XP (or Windows Server 2008), and shunts this data in flat files through a unidirectional gateway to a Windows Server 2008 PC, to be processed and used to update a Business LAN mirror MS SQL Server(tm) database. Because we are implementing a unidirectional gateway, we require all the source code, to assure ourselves that there are no security leaks or deliberately malicious code.
Is the source code available for all components in the FreeTDS offering?
Thanks,
Mike Thompson
Michael A. Thompson
----------------------------------------------------------
Technical Specialist
Systems Engineering Branch
Nuclear Science Division
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. (AECL)
Phone: [phone] x44043
FAX: [phone]
Email: <mailto:thompsonmike at aecl.ca <mailto:thompsonmike at aecl.ca> >
WWW: <http://www.aecl.ca <http://www.aecl.ca/> >
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Post by Thompson, Mike
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Hi.
Be forewarned: this question is from someone new to Open Source.
We wish to implement software that runs on QNX, retrieves data from a Process LAN MS SQL Server(tm) database on Windows XP (or Windows Server 2008), and shunts this data in flat files through a unidirectional gateway to a Windows Server 2008 PC, to be processed and used to update a Business LAN mirror MS SQL Server(tm) database. Because we are implementing a unidirectional gateway, we require all the source code, to assure ourselves that there are no security leaks or deliberately malicious code.
Is the source code available for all components in the FreeTDS offering?
Thanks,
Mike Thompson
Michael A. Thompson

Yes, specifically the main code is LGPL while some application use GPL.

We will be happy for your security review and backport code to QNX
platform, adding another platform to the long list is always welcome!

Regards,
Frediano

[James K. Lowden]

On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 16:40:11 -0400

Post by Thompson, Mike
Be forewarned: this question is from someone new to Open Source.

Welcome. Come in and warm yourself up.

Post by Thompson, Mike
Because we are implementing a unidirectional gateway, we require all
the source code, to assure ourselves that there are no security leaks
or deliberately malicious code.

Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity.

Post by Thompson, Mike
Is the source code available for all components in the FreeTDS
offering?

It's a source code library. You can't use it unless you compile it,
and you can't compile it unless you have the source code. If in the
process of reviewing the source code for quality assurance purposes you
come across some that doesn't exist, that would present a problem. But
I wouldn't expect that to happen. ;-)

Not only is the source code available, but the terms of the LGPL -- the
license that governs the code -- anyone one distributing compiled code
linked to FreeTDS must provide the recipient with a copy of the version
of FreeTDS that was used, and must provide for the recipient to replace
that version with another.

--jkl