2002-10-28-12:24:21 Alan Shutko: > It seems that this new clause makes the license similar to the GPL. > You can redistribute BDB alone however you want. If you are > redistributing it with an application, the app has to be open > source.
The new part isn't the above concept, but rather the re-definition of "redistribute" to include copying to machines within an organization, if they happen to be located at different physical sites. Sleepycat is explicitly taking the position that Berkeley DB can no longer be used for free within multi-site organizations, that even such internal use requires either open sourcing the app, or paying a license fee. This is new and different. I for one am abstaining from using Berkeley DB as best I can. -Bennett
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