On 2 July 2013 17:58, Nick Andrik <nick.and...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2013/7/2 Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>: >> I don't believe the AGPL was ever intended to be used for libraries. >> Quite a bit of the license is very difficult to interpret as applied to a >> library. (For example, does that mean that every application using the >> library has to provide a URL to download the source of the *library*? Is >> the user interacting with the library directly over the network?) >> >> I think this one is all on Oracle. They're using a license that was never >> intended for a basic infrastructure library, quite possibly in an attempt >> to make it obnoxious and excessively onerous to use the open source >> version, or to create a situation where nearly all users of their library >> are violating some technical term of the license (or at least are close >> enough that a lawsuit wouldn't be immediately thrown out) and therefore >> can be shaken down for cash if Oracle feels like it. > > Since AGPLv3 is really similar to GPLv3 but mostly oriented for > webapplications, would it make sense to contact Oracle with the > concerns raised in this thread and ask for clarification and possible > consideration to change to license to GPLv3 instead? > > There could be some possibility that the choice of AGPL over GPL was > not well considered by their part with all the issues that raises. > > On the other hand, with Oracle one can never be sure, but at least > contacting them will make the problem more widely apparent and their > ittentions more clear. >
Looking at db5.3 copyright file, I see copyright holders: INRIA, France Telecom The President and Fellows of Harvard University The Regents of the University of California Oracle So is the whole code base re-licensed? or only the changes that Orcale is making here-after? Regards, Dmitrijs. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/canbhluiok18hp34xbvp+t9gq+p9n3yrzgee7o1+icruv4pk...@mail.gmail.com
