Bug#256332: clarification of doc licensing for db3/db4.2

2006-04-09 Thread Mike Olson
Dann wrote: > Thank you for your offer. I think a relicensing would be the cleanest > approach. > > Note that I am a Debian Developer, but I do not speak for the db > packaging, release, or legal teams. I hope that they'll jump in if > they are in disagreement with any of the statements I've ma

Bug#256332: clarification of doc licensing for db3/db4.2

2006-04-06 Thread Mike Olson
Sleepycat didn't, and Oracle doesn't, have any issue with the inclusion of the documentation with Debian, for any current or past release. The Debian team raised an issue of compatibility. In addressing it, we agreed to use the identical license for software and documentation. We didn't retroacti

Bug#256332: clarification of doc licensing for db3/db4.2

2006-04-06 Thread Mike Olson
dann frazier wrote: On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 05:37:11AM -0700, Mike Olson wrote: Sleepycat didn't, and Oracle doesn't, have any issue with the inclusion of the documentation with Debian, for any current or past release. The Debian team raised an issue of compatibility. In address