On 04/11/2014 01:18 PM, Jaroslav Reznik wrote:
The BerkeleyDB, used between others by rpm [1], changed license between
versions 5.* and 6.* to AGPLv3+ from […]. As those two licenses are not
compatible, packages using the BerkeleyDB either has to change its license to
AGPLv3+ compatible, keep on using the older BerkeleyDB or use another DB
entirely.
Debian's stance on this is here:
<https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=748192>
Considering that various parties (author, SFLC, FSF) thought that
libbitcoin needed a license exception
<https://wiki.unsystem.net/index.php/Libbitcoin/License>, I wonder if
that changes our stance on the impact libraries licensed under the AGPL.
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Florian Weimer / Red Hat Product Security Team
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