Intention to package Sleepycat's db-2 : new license.

[Fabrizio Polacco <fpolacco@icenet.fi>]

I'm announcing the intention to package db-2, the second version of
Berkeley's DB, now developed by Sleepycat Software Inc., who has 
recently relaxed the License terms (without advertising it: they still 
say it's free only for non-commercial use); now it is quite similar to 
a GPLed library (note the not well plain "free infection" clause):

* Copyright (c) 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
*      Sleepycat Software.  All rights reserved.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
* modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
* are met:
* 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
*    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
* 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
*    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
*    documentation and/or other materials provided with the
distribution.
* 3. Redistributions in any form must be accompanied by information on
*    how to obtain complete source code for the DB software and any
*    accompanying software that uses the DB software.  The source code
*    must either be included in the distribution or be available for no
*    more than the cost of distribution plus a nominal fee, and must be
*    freely redistributable under reasonable conditions.  For an
*    executable file, complete source code means the source code for all
*    modules it contains.  It does not mean source code for modules or
*    files that typically accompany the operating system on which the
*    executable file runs, e.g., standard library modules or system
*    header files.
*


Cheers,
Fabrizio
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