<s>
unixODBC	B-Language
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
project	O
that	O
implements	O
the	O
ODBC	B-Application
API	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
code	O
is	O
provided	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	O
GPL/LGPL	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
built	O
and	O
used	O
on	O
many	O
different	O
operating	O
systems	O
,	O
including	O
most	O
versions	O
of	O
Unix	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
IBM	B-Application
OS/2	I-Application
and	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Interix	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Provide	O
developers	O
with	O
the	O
tools	O
to	O
port	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
ODBC	B-Application
applications	O
to	O
other	O
platforms	O
with	O
the	O
minimum	O
of	O
code	O
changes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
unixODBC	B-Language
project	O
was	O
first	O
started	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
months	O
of	O
1999	O
(	O
by	O
Peter	O
Harvey	O
)	O
and	O
was	O
created	O
as	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
the	O
developers	O
of	O
iODBC	B-Language
(	O
another	O
open	O
source	O
ODBC	B-Application
implementation	O
)	O
were	O
not	O
then	O
willing	O
to	O
LGPL	B-Application
the	O
code	O
,	O
expand	O
the	O
API	B-General_Concept
to	O
include	O
the	O
current	O
ODBC	B-Application
3	O
API	B-General_Concept
specification	O
,	O
and	O
did	O
not	O
consider	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
GUI	O
based	O
configuration	O
tools	O
worthwhile	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
iODBC	B-Language
now	O
has	O
these	O
parts	O
added	O
,	O
and	O
applications	O
that	O
use	O
the	O
ODBC	B-Application
interface	O
may	O
use	O
both	O
iODBC	B-Language
and	O
unixODBC	B-Language
,	O
without	O
change	O
in	O
most	O
cases	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
both	O
projects	O
adhering	O
to	O
the	O
single	O
ODBC	B-Application
specification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
of	O
unixODBC	B-Language
progressed	O
since	O
its	O
origin	O
,	O
with	O
contributions	O
from	O
many	O
developers	O
,	O
both	O
in	O
the	O
open	O
source	O
community	O
and	O
also	O
from	O
commercial	O
database	O
companies	O
,	O
including	O
IBM	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
and	O
SAP	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
included	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
standard	O
installation	O
of	O
many	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
unixODBC	B-Language
project	O
was	O
split	O
into	O
several	O
projects	O
(	O
all	O
hosted	O
on	O
SourceForge	O
)	O
;	O
</s>
