[Pkg-db-devel] Bug#256332: clarification of doc licensing for db3/db4.2

[Mike Olson]

Sleepycat didn't, and Oracle doesn't, have any issue with the
inclusion of the documentation with Debian, for any current or
past release.  The Debian team raised an issue of compatibility.
In addressing it, we agreed to use the identical license for
software and documentation.

We didn't retroactively change licenses granted to earlier
releases, because that was never raised as an issue.  For
simplicity, I would recommend moving to the later release
of Berkeley DB -- 4.3 has the same license for docs and code.

Again, you needn't be concerned about compatibility on the
part of the developer here; I believe this is an internal
issue for the Debian legal and licensing team, not one raised
by us.
				mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dann frazier [mailto:dannf at debian.org] 
> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 3:55 PM
> To: mao at sleepycat.com
> Cc: 256332 at bugs.debian.org
> Subject: clarification of doc licensing for db3/db4.2
> 
> 
> hey Mike,
>   I'm seeking explicit clarification on the licensing of the
> documentation in Debian's db3 and db4.2 packages.  Can you clarify
> your comments in #256332[1] with respect to these older releases?
> Specifically, I'm interested to know whether the referenced
> documentation in these older releases is redistributable under the
> terms of the included (DFSG-free) license.html file, or if it is
> limited to the terms in the legal.html file (non-DFSG-free).
> 
> [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=256332
> 
> -- 
> dann frazier
> 
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