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December 19th, 2007

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  1. December 19th, 2007 at 13:34 | #1

    Oracle did not change the license for Berkeley DB after acquiring Sleepycat. It remains the same. It is NOT the BSD license. It is the Sleepycat License, recognized by OSI as an open source license. It behaves exactly like the GPL, not the BSD license.

    See:
    http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/berkeley-db/htdocs/licensing.html

  2. December 19th, 2007 at 14:09 | #2

    Thanks for the comment. I missed the part of the license that says you need to provide source for the applications that use the software. The link you provided has a helpful, small FAQ which is better than just the license text itself.

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