* Paul Tagliamonte: > On Tue, Jul 02, 2013 at 09:44:10AM +0200, Ondřej Surý wrote: >> Florian Weimer has correctly pointed out that Oracle has decided to change >> the >> BDB 6.0 license to AGPLv3 (https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/bdb/2013-June/ >> 000056.html). This hasn't been reflected in release tarball (probably by >> mistake), but since the AGPLv3 is not very friendly to downstream projects, >> we >> (as the Debian project) need to take a decision. > > What? Wait, What? What?[1] > > The AGPL is a DFSG free FSF approved and OSI approved free software > license? We made a decision, it's *free software* and fit for main.
The problems start when random, network-enabled, but non-web stuff switches over to the AGPL *without* implementing the Quine required by the license (which is somewhat difficult to do for a library, but at least there could be a "give me a tarball" interface). That makes it difficult to perform local changes and stay in compliance with the license because you have to build the source code distribution mechanism from scratch and design a process that ensures the sources and running binaries match at all times. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87obak5310....@mid.deneb.enyo.de
