Re: [ALACPP] Sleepycat licensing

[Christopher Smith <x@xxxxxxxx>]

Kevin Scaldeferri wrote:

> On Friday, October 24, 2003, at 08:04 PM, Christopher Smith wrote:
>
> > There was some question last night as to the licensing covering some of
> > Sleepycat's products. This page should prove enlightening:
> >
> > http://www.sleepycat.com/download/licensinginfo.shtml
> >
> > Looks like everything is under a BSD license.
>
> Actually, I found that page rather confusing, and not in line with how 
> I thought the BSD license works.
>
> For example, if I understand what they are saying correctly, a web app 
> running in a single co-lo is in the clear, but as soon as you set up a 
> redundant or distributed system at multiple co-los you have to release 
> your source code or purchase a license.  That seems like an odd, and 
> very arbitrary, restriction.

Wow! I should have looked more closely! I could have sworn the last time 
I checked their license, it was BSD derived. I apparently couldn't be 
more wrong. Thanks for catching that Kevin.

--Chris


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