On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 12:28:31PM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: > > On Saturday, June 7, 2003, at 02:08 PM, Branden Robinson wrote: > > >> Except that the LGPL permits use of the code in ways that MySQL does > > >> not > > >> want to allow. > > > > > > Well, what do they want to allow, and what don't they want to allow? > > > > I think it's pretty clear they're looking for a Sleepycat arrangement; > > free for Free Software, go to them if you want alternate arrangements. > Whoa! Is that the actual effect of the Sleepycat DB licence? If so, > doesn't that violate DFSG#6? Offering additional permissions for a price, or extending additional freedoms to select groups, does not violate the DFSG so long as the license extends the necessary core freedoms equally to everyone. Any license that says "this software is licensed under Free-License-Foo; in addition, people meeting condition bar may do baz" is free so long as Free-License-Foo is free. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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