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diff --git a/db2/README b/db2/README index e497562bef..0793d740be 100644 --- a/db2/README +++ b/db2/README @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -When Berkeley DB is distributed as part of the GNU system, the Berkeley -DB license requirement that derivative works using Berkeley DB themselves -be freely redistributable, does not apply to programs loading standard -UNIX interfaces via the GNU C library and dynamically loading Berkeley DB -support to obtain the underlying functionality. +As a special exception, when Berkeley DB is distributed along with the +GNU C Library, in any program which uses the GNU C Library in accord +with that library's distribution terms, it is also permitted for +Berkeley DB to be loaded dynamically by the GNU C Library to implement +standard ISO/IEC 9945 (POSIX 1003) and Unix interface functionality. Sleepycat Software, Inc. |