Markus Reichelt via Postfix-users:
> * Wietse Venema via Postfix-users <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > > Will postfix itself remove Berkeley db support? My Almalinux 9.7 still 
> > > has it, the newer EL10 based one does not.
> > 
> > Postfix will support BerkeleyDB for as long as OS distributions
> > support it.
> 
> Neat. Pardon my ignorance but I seem to have missed the original drama,
> namely the removal of Berkeley db from distros. That's total news to me,
> and I'm just looking for a reference. Thanks!

The drama started in 2023, when Oracle changed the Berkeley DB
license to AGPL. 

Reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_DB

Also of interest:
https://opensource.google/documentation/reference/using/agpl-policy

None of this matters for the Berkeley DB versions that are used in
*BSD, MacOS, etc.

        Wietse
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