[issue14759] Berkeley DB License conditions are onerous (and poorly documented)

2012-05-08 Thread Jeff Laing
Jeff Laing added the comment: With all due respect, I think that the 2.7.3 License Page is still being actively used by people as a reference, and it should be accurate. I agree that the code developers can't do anything, but the documentation for all releases, particularly in such a sensitiv

[issue14759] Berkeley DB License conditions are onerous (and poorly documented)

2012-05-08 Thread R. David Murray
R. David Murray added the comment: Berkeley DB is no longer part of Python3, so I'm doubtful that this is going to be addressed. If it is addressed, it would have to be by the PSF rather than the developers, since the PSF is responsible for licensing issues. If you wish to pursue this I sug

[issue14759] Berkeley DB License conditions are onerous (and poorly documented)

2012-05-08 Thread Jeff Laing
New submission from Jeff Laing : As part of an audit of license compliance, I was looking at the terms in the LICENSE.txt that describe the Berkeley DB product. I had thought this would be under the standard Berkeley license, but Oracle have added their own zinger. * 3. Redistributions in any