Dne 16.4.2014 15:44, Petr Pisar napsal(a): > On 2014-04-11, Jaroslav Reznik <jrez...@redhat.com> wrote: >> = Proposed System Wide Change: BerkeleyDB 6 = >> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/BerkeleyDB_6 > [...] >> The BerkeleyDB, used between others by rpm [1], changed license between >> versions 5.* and 6.* to AGPLv3+ from GPLv2+. As those two licenses are not >> compatible, packages using the BerkeleyDB either has to change its license >> to >> AGPLv3+ compatible, keep on using the older BerkeleyDB or use another DB >> entirely. >> > Does that mean than any GPL+ package linked to libdb-6 will have to > change license to AGPLv3+? That would have significant impact not only > on packagers but also on users. > I'm no lawyer, but as I understand it, any GPLv2+ package linked against libdb-6 will need to change license - however, AFAIK it could change its license to GPLv3+, because AGPLv3+ and GPLv3+ both have clauses that make them compatible with each other ([1], [2]). On the other hand, the clause [1] basically states (if I understood it correctly) that any such combination is basically under AGPLv3+, so i don't know if it makes much difference.
[1] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html#section13 [2] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html#section13 -- Jan Stanek - Red Hat Associate Developer Engineer - Databases Team -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
