Re: Berkeley DB 2.x and GNOME

[Ulrich Drepper <drepper cygnus com>]

Miguel de Icaza <miguel@nuclecu.unam.mx> writes:

> I do not know the details of this, but glibc2 uses it internally,
> probably Ulrich can tell us how is this managed by glibc2?

We have a special exception since I ask Keith for it:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As a special exception, when Berkeley DB is distributed along with the
GNU C Library, in any program which uses the GNU C Library in accord
with that library's distribution terms, it is also permitted for
Berkeley DB to be loaded dynamically by the GNU C Library to implement
standard ISO/IEC 9945 and Unix interface functionality.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Otherwise the license applies which applies no restrictions as long as
you provide the source code.  We had to get the exception to make sure
people can build dynamically-linked closed-source programs.

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