Re: Berkeley DB license (was Re: Points of order on this WG)

2009-07-07 Thread Chris Anderson
On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Maciej Stachowiakm...@apple.com wrote: On Jun 26, 2009, at 3:46 PM, Nikunj R. Mehta wrote: FWIW, I came across two pieces about Oracle's open source licensing of Berkeley DB that might help clear the air around the licensing issues. First, Oracle's license

Re: Berkeley DB license (was Re: Points of order on this WG)

2009-06-26 Thread L. David Baron
On Friday 2009-06-26 15:27 -0700, Nikunj R. Mehta wrote: I understand the interest in using Berkeley DB in browsers provided appropriate licensing freedom were available. I am beginning to understand your concerns vis-à-vis Berkeley DB's license. To be clear, I wasn't expressing any

Re: Berkeley DB license (was Re: Points of order on this WG)

2009-06-26 Thread Jonas Sicking
On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Nikunj R. Mehtanikunj.me...@oracle.com wrote: FWIW, I came across two pieces about Oracle's open source licensing of Berkeley DB that might help clear the air around the licensing issues. First, Oracle's license [1] is word-for-word identical to the erstwhile

Re: Berkeley DB license (was Re: Points of order on this WG)

2009-06-26 Thread Maciej Stachowiak
On Jun 26, 2009, at 3:40 PM, L. David Baron wrote: On Friday 2009-06-26 15:27 -0700, Nikunj R. Mehta wrote: I understand the interest in using Berkeley DB in browsers provided appropriate licensing freedom were available. I am beginning to understand your concerns vis-à-vis Berkeley DB's

Re: Berkeley DB license (was Re: Points of order on this WG)

2009-06-26 Thread Nikunj R. Mehta
On Jun 26, 2009, at 4:06 PM, Maciej Stachowiak wrote: On Jun 26, 2009, at 3:40 PM, L. David Baron wrote: On Friday 2009-06-26 15:27 -0700, Nikunj R. Mehta wrote: I understand the interest in using Berkeley DB in browsers provided appropriate licensing freedom were available. I am beginning

Re: Berkeley DB license (was Re: Points of order on this WG)

2009-06-26 Thread Maciej Stachowiak
On Jun 26, 2009, at 3:46 PM, Nikunj R. Mehta wrote: FWIW, I came across two pieces about Oracle's open source licensing of Berkeley DB that might help clear the air around the licensing issues. First, Oracle's license [1] is word-for-word identical to the erstwhile SleepyCat license