[elephant-devel] bdb licencing

[Chris Dean]

Joubert Nel <joubert at joubster.com> writes:
> Reading the Oracle licensing page
...
> 3) They specifically state that you don't need a license if your
> application is not distributed to others.
>
> Legally, the clarification then needs to be around what constitutes
> "distribution". 

Exactly.  That is the document I read and it does seem to hinge on the
definition of "distribution".

> My (limited) legal knowledge would say that a public-facing website does
> not constitute distribution of the application. 

The previously mention 2001 article by the then CEO of Sleepycat seems
to agree with that interpretation.

Cheers,
Chris Dean