From the Berkeley DB wiki page:
Oracle Corporation makes versions 2.0 and higher of Berkeley DB available under a dual license<http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_license>. This license is a 2-clause BSD license<http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_license> with an additional copyleft<http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyleft> clause similar to the GNU GPL<http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License>version 2's Section 3, requiring source code of an application using Berkeley DB to be made available for a nominal fee. Thus, the license depends on how a particular application that uses Berkeley DB is distributed to the public. Software that is not distributed can use the Sleepycat License<http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleepycat_License>, as can free and open source software<http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open_source_software>. Proprietary software<http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprietary_software> can use Berkeley DB only under a commercial license agreement between Oracle and the application's publisher. As of July 2011, Oracle's list price for commercial Berkeley DB licenses varies between 900 and 13,800 USD per processor. On 08/08/2012, at 15:11, "McKown, John" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: On my Fedora 17 system, the LICENSE file is basically a BSD license. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/berkeleydb/downloads/oslicense-093458.html Another possibility, depending on wants and needs would be a NoSQL type database, such as CouchDB. http://www.thoughtworks.com/articles/nosql-comparison -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> * www.HealthMarkets.com<http://www.HealthMarkets.com> Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gregg Levine Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 3:34 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: porting kicks On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 2:57 PM, David Boyes <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Another thing which might be useful could be Berkeley DB: You don't want to go there. Sleepycat sold Berkely DB to Oracle, and the licensing is now something that no sane commercial organization would want or allow. Hello! When did that happen David B? It seems to be almost constantly distributed with my distribution of Linux. ----- Gregg C Levine [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
