On Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 12:00:07PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > From: Toby Dickenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: James Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Zope-dev] SessionManager, BerkeleyDB, and license compatability > Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 15:04:28 +0100 > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I understand from the SessionTracking wiki that this product may use > BerkeleyDB > > http://www.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Projects/CoreSessionTracking/CurrentStatus > > The BerkeleyDB license at http://www.sleepycat.com/licensing.html > indicates that it may only be distributed free of charge with software > that is 'freely available and redistributable by others'. > > We are currently using Zope to develop an application that does not > fall into this category. It would be a serious problem for us if > Zope's core had a dependency on code with this type of license. If I remember correctly some information I got on the Python newsgroups long time ago, the Sleepycat people only care that Python, which is linked to BerkeleyDB, is free. The free/commercial status of the application you will write in Python (including Zope and third party products) is not relevant to them. S. -- Stéfane Fermigier, Tel: 06 63 04 12 77 (mobile). <www.portalux.com>: le portail Linux / logiciel libre. "Amazon: we patent the dot in .com" _______________________________________________ Zope-Dev maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope )
