<s>
iODBC	B-Language
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
initiative	O
managed	O
by	O
OpenLink	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
platform-independent	B-Operating_System
ODBC	B-Application
SDK	B-Application
and	O
runtime	O
offering	O
that	O
enables	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
ODBC-compliant	O
applications	O
and	O
drivers	O
outside	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
iODBC	B-Language
emerged	O
from	O
a	O
cooperative	O
effort	O
between	O
OpenLink	O
Software	O
and	O
Ke	O
Jin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenLink	O
Software	O
produced	O
a	O
Driver	O
Manager-less	O
ODBC	B-Application
SDK	B-Application
that	O
it	O
branded	O
as	O
Universal	O
DataBase	O
Connectivity	O
(	O
UDBC	O
)	O
in	O
1993	O
,	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
sporadic	O
nature	O
of	O
shared	O
library	O
implementations	O
across	O
Unix	B-Application
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ke	O
Jin	O
used	O
UDBC	O
as	O
inspiration	O
for	O
building	O
a	O
Driver	O
Manager	O
for	O
ODBC	B-Application
outside	O
the	O
windows	B-Application
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
time	O
Ke	O
Jin	O
and	O
OpenLink	O
Software	O
decided	O
to	O
merge	O
this	O
effort	O
into	O
a	O
single	O
open-source	B-Application
offering	O
under	O
the	O
LGPL	B-Application
license	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
process	O
occurred	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
when	O
the	B-Operating_System
Free	I-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
sought	O
to	O
have	O
iODBC	B-Language
as	O
a	O
GPL	B-License
offering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
delay	O
in	O
determining	O
final	O
licensing	O
status	O
for	O
iODBC	B-Language
led	O
to	O
the	O
emergence	O
of	O
UnixODBC	B-Language
and	O
led	O
to	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
in	O
the	O
platform-independent	B-Operating_System
ODBC	B-Application
SDK	B-Application
and	O
runtime	O
that	O
exists	O
today	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drivers	O
and	O
applications	O
written	O
using	O
either	O
SDK	B-Application
have	O
remained	O
compatible	O
(	O
a	O
tribute	O
to	O
both	O
projects	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
