On Sat, 2006-11-11 at 09:39 +0100, Jindrich Novy wrote: > On Sat, 2006-11-11 at 08:17 +0000, Joe Orton wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 07:43:35AM +0100, Jindrich Novy wrote: > > > On Fri, 2006-11-10 at 22:20 +0100, Tomas Mraz wrote: > > > > I've also noticed that License tag in spec contains GPL for the db4 > > > > which doesn't seem correct to me. Jindrich could you fix that as well? > > > > > > Thanks for noticing this. I'll switch the license to BSDish in the next > > > build. > > > > The BDB license is a copyleft-ish license, it's not really BSDish. > > The license for compat-db is defined as BSDish in the compat-db.spec, so > I assume the same for the db4. The GPL as a license for db4 was probably > set in the spec file by mistake at least since RHL-7.2 as far as I can > see from CVS. > > I had a look into the LICENSE file for both compat-db and db4 and they > both seem to have BSD styled licenses: No, this license in not BSDish because it prevents you from closing the source of your modification -> it is copyleft. Note there are 3 licenses which apply together - 2 BSD licenses (California University and Harvard University) and 1 Copyleft Note this paragraph of the Oracle (previously Sleepycat) part of the license: * 3. Redistributions in any form must be accompanied by information on * how to obtain complete source code for the DB software and any * accompanying software that uses the DB software. The source code * must either be included in the distribution or be available for no * more than the cost of distribution plus a nominal fee, and must be * freely redistributable under reasonable conditions. For an * executable file, complete source code means the source code for all * modules it contains. It does not include source code for modules or * files that typically accompany the major components of the operating * system on which the executable file runs. This is compatible with GPL as it doesn't impose additional restrictions. http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses -- Tomas Mraz No matter how far down the wrong road you've gone, turn back. Turkish proverb -- Fedora-maintainers mailing list Fedora-maintainers@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-maintainers -- Fedora-maintainers-readonly mailing list Fedora-maintainers-readonly@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-maintainers-readonly
