Comments on: links for 2007-12-19 http://www.blueskyonmars.com/2007/12/19/links-for-2007-12-19/ The Nuts and Bolts of Creating Great Software Products Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:19:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kevin Dangoor http://www.blueskyonmars.com/2007/12/19/links-for-2007-12-19/comment-page-1/#comment-207726 Kevin Dangoor Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:09:17 +0000 http://www.blueskyonmars.com/2007/12/19/links-for-2007-12-19/#comment-207726 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. 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.

]]> By: Rex Wang http://www.blueskyonmars.com/2007/12/19/links-for-2007-12-19/comment-page-1/#comment-207725 Rex Wang Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:34:36 +0000 http://www.blueskyonmars.com/2007/12/19/links-for-2007-12-19/#comment-207725 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 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

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