Thank you for the clarification, Justin! I missed that non-commercial limitation.
I agree that it would be better to replace that dependency, On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 1:41 PM Justin Mclean <jus...@classsoftware.com> wrote: > Hi, > > My concern is that while it claims it is under the Apache license that is > only for non-commercial use. Having a restriction like that means it’s not > really under the Apache license. > > It states on that page [1] > "Our open source license is OSI-certified and permits use of Berkeley DB > in open source projects or in applications that are not distributed to > third parties.” > "Our commercial license permits closed-source distribution of an > application to third parties and provides business assurance" > > ASF releases need to be distributed to third parties, ASF releases can’t > have non-commercial restrictions. > > IMO It would be best if the project replaced this dependancy with > something else. > > Thanks, > Justin > > 1. > https://www.oracle.com/database/technologies/related/berkeleydb-downloads.html > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > -- Dan Widdis
