Discussion :

[narmataru]

Bonjour,
Je souhaiterais utiliser une base BerkeleyDB de sleepycat dans mon application. J'ai donc télécharger le .tar.gz depuis ce lien http://dev.sleepycat.com/downloads/releasehistorybdbje.html
Je l'ai décompressé et regardé la licence :

/*-
* $Id: LICENSE,v 1.5 2006/01/03 21:55:06 bostic Exp $
*/

The following is the license that applies to this copy of the Berkeley
DB Java Edition software. For a license to use the Berkeley DB Java
Edition software under conditions other than those described here, or
to purchase support for this software, please contact Sleepycat Software
by email at info@sleepycat.com, or on the Web at http://www.sleepycat.com.

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
/*
* Copyright (c) 2002-2006
* Sleepycat Software. All rights reserved.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
* modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
* are met:
* 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
* notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
* 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
* notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
* documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
* 3. Redistributions in any form must be accompanied by information on
* how to obtain complete source code for the DB software and any
* accompanying software that uses the DB software. The source code
* must either be included in the distribution or be available for no
* more than the cost of distribution plus a nominal fee, and must be
* freely redistributable under reasonable conditions. For an
* executable file, complete source code means the source code for all
* modules it contains. It does not include source code for modules or
* files that typically accompany the major components of the operating
* system on which the executable file runs.
*
* THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY SLEEPYCAT SOFTWARE ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS
* OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
* WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR
* NON-INFRINGEMENT, ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL SLEEPYCAT SOFTWARE
* BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
* CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
* SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
* INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
* CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
* ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF
* THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
*/

Je n'ai rien vu qui m'empêche de l'utiliser dans une application propriétaire et de distribuer les packages berkeleydb avec mon application.

Cependant, je suis après tombé sur cette page : http://www.sleepycat.com/docs/ref/intro/dbis.html
Qui indique :

By "open source," we mean that Berkeley DB is distributed under a license that conforms to the Open Source Definition. This license guarantees that Berkeley DB is freely available for use and redistribution in other open source products. Sleepycat Software sells commercial licenses for redistribution in proprietary applications, but in all cases the complete source code for Berkeley DB is freely available for download and use.

Or mon application n'est pas open-source...
Dois-je comprendre que je ne peux pas utiliser berkeleyDb java edition dans mon application ?

merci

[narmataru]

Je crois que j'ai mas réponse
http://www.sleepycat.com/company/licensing.html
Si l'application n'est pas conforme au licences open source et n'est pas reditribuable alors il faut prendre la licence commerciale....