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authorGregory P. Smith <greg@mad-scientist.com>2003-05-28 16:20:03 (GMT)
committerGregory P. Smith <greg@mad-scientist.com>2003-05-28 16:20:03 (GMT)
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Remove the note about the BerkeleyDB license. Barry indicates that
sleepycat has told him that since python is OSS and berkeleydb is being distributed with python for the bsddb library all is fine.
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@@ -18,18 +18,12 @@ Starting with Python 2.3 the \module{bsddb} module requires the
Berkeley DB library version 3.1 or later (it is known to work with 3.1
thru 4.1 at the time of this writing).
-NOTE: BerkeleyDB has its own license which may apply to you if you
-intend to distribute your application outside of your organization in
-a non-opensource manner. Visit Sleepycat Software's website to read
-the full license.
-
\begin{seealso}
\seeurl{http://pybsddb.sourceforge.net/}{Website with documentation
for the new python Berkeley DB interface that closely mirrors the
sleepycat object oriented interface provided in Berkeley DB 3 and 4.}
\seeurl{http://www.sleepycat.com/}{Sleepycat Software produces the
- modern Berkeley DB library. They offer support and sell licenses for
- proprietary software using BerkeleyDB.}
+ modern Berkeley DB library.}
\end{seealso}
The following is a description of the legacy \module{bsddb} interface