RE: [gnome-db] MySQL client API is GPL, not LGPL

[Adam Williams <awilliam whitemice org>]

> > > I guess some kind of plug-in system would be helpful. Then we could ship the
> > > MySQL provider separately, under the GPL.
> > that would still be "illegal", I guess, since it would still be linking,
> > in some way or the other, unless we use an IPC mechanism, like CORBA or
> > whatever for the MySQL provider
> I think an IPC solution is the best idea to completely resolve licensing
> issues of providers in the future.
> Thoughts about this (advantages, drawbacks, implementation issues..) ?

Didn't GDA providers used to use CORBA?