ap> I'm deeply interested in finding out where Oracle states those ap> "friendly terms" you are referring to. Can you post a pointer?
I meant the next paragraph in the same document: ---- Do I have to pay for a Berkeley DB license to use it in my Perl or Python scripts? No, you may use the Berkeley DB open source license at no cost. The Berkeley DB open source license requires that software that uses Berkeley DB be freely redistributable. In the case of Perl or Python, that software is Perl or Python, and not your scripts. Any scripts you write are your property, including scripts that make use of Berkeley DB. None of the Perl, Python or Berkeley DB licenses place any restrictions on what you may do with them. ---- I don't think that CL is anyhow worse than Python or Perl, and situation seems to be pretty much the same. For a Perl, BDB connector is a standalone module, as I understand, for Python it is included in standard distribution. You can easily make SBCL+Elephant bundle, for example, and claim that it is this bundly which uses BDB, and not your scripts -- it would be same logic as in Oracle's statement above. Of course, it is a question what is qualified to be a "script" and what is "software" (and if it makes sense to take such distinction at all). Probably Oracle/Sleepycat are thinking about the software in C-centric way -- as of executable that is statically or dynamically linked to libdb. In this case, text of Perl/Python/CL programs is not technically linked to a libdb, and thus it should be free from license restrictions. _______________________________________________ elephant-devel site list elephant-devel@common-lisp.net http://common-lisp.net/mailman/listinfo/elephant-devel
