Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:48:53 +0100 From: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: When will we can use ZFS v24? Message-ID: <u2z2e027be01004120348ob6f7674pcf584dd862ee0e54@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20100409174445.GA4359@dan.emsphone.com> References: <r2t11167f521004062058p803f184bs792e94a90b761092@mail.gmail.com> <k2pb269bc571004062138jde60bb10x84da21f328e5a475@mail.gmail.com> <j2yd36406631004070900sdd084342kb53331349f3e5c74@mail.gmail.com> <20100407173334.GC76941@dan.emsphone.com> <v2zd36406631004080146u15e93a92q4029aaf7c3b3af7c@mail.gmail.com> <o2x11167f521004080947m74fbd9a9yeef13586fa3774c6@mail.gmail.com> <t2qd36406631004081418s93187371n5ec4616735b38099@mail.gmail.com> <8114C0B7-2288-457C-88D6-E5E3B0CC4E51@mac.com> <h2p7d6fde3d1004082234xb0d62c47qe46cdbb60588ec4e@mail.gmail.com> <20100409174445.GA4359@dan.emsphone.com>
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On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 6:44 PM, Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> wrote: > In the last episode (Apr 08), Garrett Cooper said: >> On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> wrote: >> > On Apr 8, 2010, at 2:18 PM, krad wrote: >> > [ ... ] >> >>> is that even possible with CDDL? >> >> >> >> im not a lawyer but it wouldn't surprise me >> > >> > I'm not a lawyer either, but I was active in reviewing and suggesting >> > changes to CDDL submission for OSI approval back in 2004. >> > >> > A copyright owner always has the ability to relicense their code under >> > other terms, but existing code is guaranteed to be available, >> > redistributable to others, etc under the terms of the current version of >> > CDDL; in particular see: >> > >> > If Oracle chooses, they might make future changes to the ZFS source code >> > under different or more restrictive licensing terms, but what's >> > available now is always going to be available. >> >> The same of basic principle applies to BDB; originally it was BSD licensed >> in 1.x under FreeBSD, then GPLed in 2.x+ (IIRC), then left to pasture in >> 4.x after Oracle acquired Sleepycat DB. MySQL is GPLv2 today... who >> knows what it might be tomorrow... > > BDB was never GPL'ed; it was and still is BSD-licensed. > > http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/berkeley-db/htdocs/oslicense.html > IANAL, but that is not a BSD license. It is the Sleepycat license, which is compatible with GPL. The giveaway is in section 3: * 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 '.. any accompanying software' clause makes it quite like the GPL. Cheers Tomhelp
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