Hi, On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 10:03:58AM -0500, Bennett Todd wrote: > Examples of redistribution include: > [...] > * Building an application that you install on your company's > servers in data centers around the world. > > I.e. your right to use Berkeley DB for free for in-house projects is > cancelled, and you're obliged to pay them, if your in-house project > spans multiple physical sites within your company.
the DFSG demands that the license must allow free redistribution and use, ignorant of any specific circumstances. That's imho covered by clause 6 of the rules. > My gut feeling is that this is discriminatory in intent, it doesn't > have the flavour of DFSG, but I can't quite find anything explicit > to use to say that this should be grounds for moving Berkeley DB > into non-free. Imho Berkeley DB now violates clause 6 of the DFSG. Best, --Toni++
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