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psaccounts on April 1, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Oracle embraces SQLite; wraps it around BerkeleyDB...

What would be the licensing model if the product is open source, but is NOT free (i.e., customers are charged for an open-source product in which BDB is used)?

gojomo on April 1, 2010 [–]

You need to do your own analysis, not trusting some random guy on the internet (eg, me). But:

(1) If people need to pay to use, it's not "open source" by the "open source definition" of the OSI: <http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd>;

(2) Contacting Oracle/BDB will let you know what they think your obligations are.

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