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Topic: Closed-source SolidCoin violates Berkeley DB license - page 2. (Read 3619 times)

sr. member
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Taken from the documentation of the source:

Licenses of statically linked libraries:
wxWidgets      LGPL 2.1 with very liberal exceptions
Berkeley DB    New BSD license with additional requirement that linked software must be free open source
Boost             MIT-like license
miniupnpc      New (3-clause) BSD license

What do you have to say to that, CoinHunter?

That is one reason that the BSD OSs still use the 1.8 version of BDB,  as that was a pure bsd licenced version.

However, did you actually read the sleepycat license for the 4.7 versions or are you solely going by the bitcoin developers quick one line summary?   The license itself only says that source code must be available by being included or being made available for no more then distribution costs.  No where does it say what specific  redistribution terms must be on that source code itself, just that they have to be 'reasonable' for redistributions.  They are not using the OSI definitions here that you are. No where do they say you have to allow reuse in other projects.

aq
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@wolftaur

How about a Report Link?

E-mail to [email protected] to report.

Don't forget to tell them that several business (bitparking, ruxum, mooncoin) are using this commercially. Oracle loves to sue companies because there is more money to get from them. Not sure if coinhunter aka Ken Solid (according to http://www.ip-adress.com/whois/solidcoin.info) can satisfy Oracles money hunger alone Wink
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@wolftaur

How about a Report Link?

E-mail to [email protected] to report.
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Berkeley is owned by _ORACLE_. Report CoinHunter to Oracle's legal department. They just love suing people. Ask SAP.

Oracle charges money for any non-FOSS use of Berkeley DB. CoinHunter owes them a large sum now.

I've dealt with Oracle, 'a large sum' is very, very, much understating it.

1. Don't piss into the wind.
2. Don't fuck with oracle.


Join us in reporting him!

It's how they estimate user base to calculate damages to demand. Smiley
sd
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Berkeley is owned by _ORACLE_. Report CoinHunter to Oracle's legal department. They just love suing people. Ask SAP.

Oracle charges money for any non-FOSS use of Berkeley DB. CoinHunter owes them a large sum now.

I've dealt with Oracle, 'a large sum' is very, very, much understating it.

1. Don't piss into the wind.
2. Don't fuck with oracle.
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Well if his newest post on the Solidcoin forum is any indication, he is very unapologetic, thinks everyone over here is an idiot and  will not budge on the license.

Berkeley is owned by _ORACLE_. Report CoinHunter to Oracle's legal department. They just love suing people. Ask SAP.

Oracle charges money for any non-FOSS use of Berkeley DB. CoinHunter owes them a large sum now.

Seems this whole debacle keeps getting better and deeper. Almost like instead of being 6 feet under its more like 60 feet under.

Smoothie, has anyone told you that you are fucking annoying the past 5 minutes LOL  Grin Grin Grin

He's like a kid in a candy store. Oracle charges money for non-free use of Berkeley DB and the more people that report this violation of their IP to them the more trouble CoinHunter may be in.

You're welcome for the candy, smoothie. Smiley
legendary
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LEALANA Bitcoin Grim Reaper
Well if his newest post on the Solidcoin forum is any indication, he is very unapologetic, thinks everyone over here is an idiot and  will not budge on the license.

Berkeley is owned by _ORACLE_. Report CoinHunter to Oracle's legal department. They just love suing people. Ask SAP.

Oracle charges money for any non-FOSS use of Berkeley DB. CoinHunter owes them a large sum now.

Seems this whole debacle keeps getting better and deeper. Almost like instead of being 6 feet under its more like 60 feet under.
legendary
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Merit: 1001
Taken from the documentation of the source:

Berkeley DB    New BSD license with additional requirement that linked software must be free open source

If that's true - I think it's totally not within the spirit of a BSD style license.  Oracle shouldn't use the term 'BSD License' if they want to put copyleft in there.

member
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Well if his newest post on the Solidcoin forum is any indication, he is very unapologetic, thinks everyone over here is an idiot and  will not budge on the license.

Berkeley is owned by _ORACLE_. Report CoinHunter to Oracle's legal department. They just love suing people. Ask SAP.

Oracle charges money for any non-FOSS use of Berkeley DB. CoinHunter owes them a large sum now.
member
Activity: 112
Merit: 10
Taken from the documentation of the source:

Licenses of statically linked libraries:
wxWidgets      LGPL 2.1 with very liberal exceptions
Berkeley DB    New BSD license with additional requirement that linked software must be free open source
Boost             MIT-like license
miniupnpc      New (3-clause) BSD license

What do you have to say to that, CoinHunter?
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