Re: Berkeley DB license

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: "Michael A. Olson" <mao@sleepycat.com>
Cc: Philip Warner <pjw@rhyme.com.au>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2000-05-16T15:01:16Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> Also correct.  However, the license would only permit redistribution of
> the Berkeley DB software embedded in the PostgreSQL engine or the
> derivative product that the proprietary vendor distributes.  The
> vendor would not be permitted to extract Berkeley DB from PostgreSQL
> and distribute it separately, as part of some other product offering
> or as a standalone embedded database engine.
> 
> The intent here is to clear the way for use of Berkeley DB in PostgreSQL,
> but not to apply PostgreSQL's license to Berkeley DB for other uses.

Totally agree, and totally reasonable.

-- 
  Bruce Momjian                        |  http://www.op.net/~candle
  pgman@candle.pha.pa.us               |  (610) 853-3000
  +  If your life is a hard drive,     |  830 Blythe Avenue
  +  Christ can be your backup.        |  Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026