While IANL, I have run into these types of situations while building commercial software and the company building the commercial software that is integrating apacheds (and so JE) would have to buy a re-distrobution license from sleepycat. Even though it's integrated into apacheds, it can't be relicensed as you (or whomever owns the copyright for apacheds) do not own the copyright for JE. The only way to get around this is to ask sleepycat for an excemption for anyone who uses apacheds in comercial products (which i doubt).
marc On 7/23/05, Alex Karasulu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I've been debating the use of JE rather than JDBM for use in the Apache > Directory Server. I have been meaning to do this since this article but > had questions regarding licensing: > > http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1615549,00.asp > > I do have a couple concerns associated with licensing. First I'm trying > to determine if using JE and the exceptions in licensing make it > compatible with the ASL. Fundamentally I would like to be reassured > that the following situation does not limit those using Apache Directory > Server: > > Company A decides to integrate Apache Directory Server which now uses JE > into their product which they sell. > > Does the license for JE require company A to have to license JE from > SleepyCat? > > Alex > >
