Subject: Re: db2 licence (was Re: CVS commit: cryptosrc-us)
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: None <seebs@plethora.net>
List: current-users
Date: 07/30/1999 11:17:46
In message <199907301332.XAA26403@balrog.supp.cpr.itg.telecom.com.au>, Simon Bu
rge writes:
>        If you redistribute your application outside of your site and
>        your source code is not freely available and redistributable by
>        others, then you require a commercial license from Sleepycat
>        Software. Contact us for commercial licensing terms and pricing.

This shouldn't be a problem for NetBSD per se, but I would think it could
be a barrier to commercial systems based on it.

>Now, that doesn't sound as bad as I recall - I thought there were words
>like "can't be sold for profit"...  Has anyone been officially in
>contact with SleepyCat to see if we can ship db2?

If no one else has, I'd be happy to drop them a line.

-s