Bug 6679

Summary:	libdb4.3: license is NOT GPL
Product:	Sisyphus	Reporter:	at <at>
Component:	libdb4.3	Assignee:	Dmitry V. Levin <ldv>
Status:	CLOSED FIXED	QA Contact:	qa-sisyphus
Severity:	blocker
Priority:	P2
Version:	unstable
Hardware:	all
OS:	Linux
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	12448

Description at@altlinux.org 2005-04-27 16:57:38 MSD

Actual Results:  
$ rpm -q --qf '%{LICENSE}\n' libdb4.3
GPL
$

Expected Results:  
BSD-style license, as specified in /usr/share/doc/db-4.3.27/LICENSE

Comment 1 at@altlinux.org 2005-04-28 16:23:00 MSD

It's not BSD either.  "Sleepycat license" would be the most appropriate term.
See http://www.winterspeak.com/columns/102901.html

Comment 2 Dmitry V. Levin 2005-06-15 21:59:04 MSD

Fixed in libdb4.3-4.3.28-alt1.