Re: NSS database
Mitchell Baker <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.mozilla.license |
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| Organization | OSAFoundation |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Yes, I think this captures it. This is the dual-license model that Sleepycat and MySql use. Mitchell Gervase Markham wrote: > I took a task a few weeks ago to investigate the Sleepycat license > (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/sleepycat.php) to see if it was > compatible with the MPL/LGPL and GPL in a way that would allow code > released under it to be used by Mozilla. > > As far as I can see, I'm afraid it's not. The problematic section is > the following: > > "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." > > If a distributor of Mozilla, e.g. (for simplicity) Netscape, is using > code under this license, they would have to make available the source > code for their entire product. This is far more than the MPL requires > - the MPL is only a file-level copyleft. > > Therefore, I'm afraid, software under this license cannot be used in > Mozilla. If this clause were modified, it might be possible - that > would depend on the modification. > > Gerv > _______________________________________________ > mozilla-license mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/mozilla-license > >