Apache Directory Project - Re: [bdbje] [Licensing] Open Source verses Commercial Use

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Re: [bdbje] [Licensing] Open Source verses Commercial Use

Niclas Hedhman

2005-07-30, 2:45 am

On Saturday 30 July 2005 02:13, Michael A. Olson wrote:
> We don't have the "no additional restrictions"
> language
> that appears in the GPL, and specifically without limitations on
> patents. So,
> from a straight legal perspective, putting Berkeley DB and some Apache
> Licensed software together in a single project isn't a problem.

More importantly, FSF is not the Copyright owner.
If the above is true, then that is great for system integration folks and
people who want to build extensions to Apache DS, free or commercial (since
solution exists for them).

Cheers
Niclas