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Re:Oracle embraces SQLite; wraps it around BerkeleyDB as SQL... by psaccounts on Wednesday March 31, 2010 @11:22PM (#1233749)
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)?
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Re:Oracle embraces SQLite; wraps it around BerkeleyDB as SQL... by gojomo on Thursday April 01, 2010 @04:56AM (#1234187)
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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