Devs,
The "[Postfix] Warn that databases need regeneration" thread touched on a
proposed change from BDB to another, either cdb or lmdb. This loosely mentions
"licensing" issues. What licensing issue is the problem?
The Oracle open-source license is OSI-certified and permits use of Berkeley
DB in open source projects ...
https://www.oracle.com/database/technologies/related/berkeleydb/berkeleydb-licensing.html
Is there a question whether Arch or Postfix are open-source? Seems like
they certainly qualify.
The larger issue is what of other packages using a db backend, like Apache
basic auth and the htdbm or dbmmanage tools? This begins to impact a number of
server operations if db is dropped and other packages are impacted.
This may be a non-issue, but not knowing what all db is integrated with,
the prospect of db just going away is a bit concerning.
So is this proposed change just for postfix, or could it impact other
packages?
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David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
