[elephant-devel] CLSQL Store

[Ian Eslick]

Running BDB behind a website doesn't count as a 'distribution' that  
requires disclosure of the website source.  The cgi discussion is a  
sub-case of this.

This wouldn't apply to selling website frameworks or desktop software,  
of course.

Of course if you are going to be making money it would be worthwhile  
to get a legal opinion on this.

Ian

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On Jan 16, 2009, at 4:51 AM, "Alex Mizrahi" <killerstorm at newmail.ru>  
wrote:

> ap> I'm deeply interested in finding out where Oracle states those
> ap> "friendly terms" you are referring to.  Can you post a pointer?
>
> I meant the next paragraph in the same document:
> ----
> Do I have to pay for a Berkeley DB license to use it in my Perl or  
> Python
> scripts?
>
> No, you may use the Berkeley DB open source license at no cost. The  
> Berkeley
> DB open source license requires that software that uses Berkeley DB be
> freely redistributable. In the case of Perl or Python, that software  
> is Perl
> or Python, and not your scripts. Any scripts you write are your  
> property,
> including scripts that make use of Berkeley DB. None of the Perl,  
> Python or
> Berkeley DB licenses place any restrictions on what you may do with  
> them.
> ----
>
> I don't think that CL is anyhow worse than Python or Perl, and  
> situation
> seems to
> be pretty much the same. For a Perl, BDB connector is a standalone  
> module,
> as I understand,
> for Python it is included in standard  distribution. You can easily  
> make
> SBCL+Elephant bundle,
> for example, and claim that it is this bundly which uses BDB, and  
> not your
> scripts -- it
> would be same logic as in Oracle's statement above.
>
> Of course, it is a question what is qualified to be a "script" and  
> what is
> "software" (and if it
> makes sense to take such distinction at all). Probably Oracle/ 
> Sleepycat are
> thinking about
> the software in C-centric way -- as of executable that is statically  
> or
> dynamically linked to
> libdb. In this case, text of Perl/Python/CL programs is not  
> technically
> linked to a libdb,
> and thus it should be free from license restrictions.
>
>
>
>
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