Berkeley DB: (was RE: IPL as a burden)

[Forrest J. Cavalier III]

"Ben Tilly" <ben_tilly at hotmail.com>

> It boils down to saying that you are free to use this
> software, with or without modificaiton, in any software
> for which source is available.  You may not remove
> their copyright notice.  Said notice includes contact
> information in case you want to negotiate a different
> license or purchase support for Berkeley DB.
> 
>
> The license is at http://www.sleepycat.com/license.net.

The license says 

 *    Redistributions in any form must be accompanied by information on
 *    how to obtain complete source code for the DB software and any 
 *    accompanying software that uses the DB software

You can derive "closed source" software from the Berkely DB software.
If you choose to distribute, you must publish the source.

(This is similar to the GPL.)

Forrest J. Cavalier III, Mib Software  Voice 570-992-8824 

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