Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 04:21:41 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd@gmail.com> To: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> Cc: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: When will we can use ZFS v24? Message-ID: <j2x7d6fde3d1004120421g865ebcedh22b6c5705fb250e0@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <u2z2e027be01004120348ob6f7674pcf584dd862ee0e54@mail.gmail.com> References: <r2t11167f521004062058p803f184bs792e94a90b761092@mail.gmail.com> <j2yd36406631004070900sdd084342kb53331349f3e5c74@mail.gmail.com> <20100407173334.GC76941@dan.emsphone.com> <v2zd36406631004080146u15e93a92q4029aaf7c3b3af7c@mail.gmail.com> <o2x11167f521004080947m74fbd9a9yeef13586fa3774c6@mail.gmail.com> <t2qd36406631004081418s93187371n5ec4616735b38099@mail.gmail.com> <8114C0B7-2288-457C-88D6-E5E3B0CC4E51@mac.com> <h2p7d6fde3d1004082234xb0d62c47qe46cdbb60588ec4e@mail.gmail.com> <20100409174445.GA4359@dan.emsphone.com> <u2z2e027be01004120348ob6f7674pcf584dd862ee0e54@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 3:48 AM, Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> wrote= : > On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 6:44 PM, Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> wrot= e: >> In the last episode (Apr 08), Garrett Cooper said: >>> On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> wrote: >>> > On Apr 8, 2010, at 2:18 PM, krad wrote: >>> > [ ... ] >>> >>> is that even possible with CDDL? >>> >> >>> >> im not a lawyer but it wouldn't surprise me >>> > >>> > I'm not a lawyer either, but I was active in reviewing and suggesting >>> > changes to CDDL submission for OSI approval back in 2004. >>> > >>> > A copyright owner always has the ability to relicense their code unde= r >>> > other terms, but existing code is guaranteed to be available, >>> > redistributable to others, etc under the terms of the current version= of >>> > CDDL; in particular see: >>> > >>> > If Oracle chooses, they might make future changes to the ZFS source c= ode >>> > under different or more restrictive licensing terms, but what's >>> > available now is always going to be available. >>> >>> The same of basic principle applies to BDB; originally it was BSD licen= sed >>> in 1.x under FreeBSD, then GPLed in 2.x+ (IIRC), then left to pasture i= n >>> 4.x after Oracle acquired Sleepycat DB. =A0MySQL is GPLv2 today... =A0w= ho >>> knows what it might be tomorrow... >> >> BDB was never GPL'ed; it was and still is BSD-licensed. >> >> http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/berkeley-db/htdocs/os= license.html >> > > IANAL, but that is not a BSD license. It is the Sleepycat license, > which is compatible with GPL. > > The giveaway is in section 3: > > =A0* 3. Redistributions in any form must be accompanied by information on > =A0* =A0 =A0how to obtain complete source code for the DB software and an= y > =A0* =A0 =A0accompanying software that uses the DB software. > > The '.. any accompanying software' clause makes it quite like the GPL. Dan and Tom, You both are correct, according to ye great wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleepycat_License . Thanks for the correction, -Garrett
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