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Date:      Tue, 02 May 2000 17:31:21 +0200
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
To:        Forrest Aldrich <forrie@navipath.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: db 1.85 --> 2.x or 3.x? 
Message-ID:  <12415.957281481@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 02 May 2000 10:40:34 EDT." <20000502104034.G3818@drama.navipath.com> 

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In message <20000502104034.G3818@drama.navipath.com>, Forrest Aldrich writes:
>I've been curious about this.  Would someone clarify what in this
>license prevents FreeBSD from including it, at some level?

People wouldn't be able to use FreeBSD without giving away their
source.  /etc/passwd is stored in a db file for instance.

Poul-Henning

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