[Bug 474044] Review Request: libzdb - A small, fast, and easy to use database API

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--- Comment #10 from Michael Schwendt <bugs.michael at gmx.net>  2009-02-12 05:21:52 EDT ---
Well, I don't understand Tom's comment about an old version of the EXCEPTIONS
file. None of the tarballs in this review contained that old version of the
file. That comment is only of limited historical value.


Further, where do the EXCEPTIONS forbid linking with a modified libzdb?

Section 1.a requires the licensee to ''obey the GPL in all respects for "the
Program" (= libzdb)''.


Originally, I only reviewed the EXCEPTIONS file to see whether it adds anything
that doesn't leave us a choice, but it's only a multi-licensing model with
multiple options to choose from. We can pick the GPLv3+ as the only license for
the Fedora package. We cannot use the EXCEPTIONS, because IMO they violate the
GPLv3. Confirmation for that would have been helpful.

Hence keeping the EXCEPTIONS file would be misleading, since we would offer
dual/multi-licensing like the tarball. Deleting the file would require patching
the README (and any other files that mention the EXCEPTIONS file).

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