SNMP submodule uses BerkeleyDB, violates ability to use SNMP submodule

[Quanah Gibson-Mount]

--On Friday, December 04, 2015 4:18 PM -0800 Quanah Gibson-Mount 
<quanah at zimbra.com> wrote:

> Due to licensing changes perpetrated by Oracle to make BDB unusable, I
> find it curious that the Amavisd SNMP subagent depends on BDB.
>
> See also: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_Memory-Mapped_Database>
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_Memory-Mapped_Database#License_I
> ssues>

Heh, sent that before finishing my thoughts.

It would be nice if the module could be updated to use a backend that is 
actually FOSS, rather than one encumbered with hostile licensing, such as 
LMDB.

There is currently the LMDB_File perl module for this purpose.  I don't 
know if it will or will not suit the purposes of the amavisd snmp subagent, 
as I haven't looked in depth how amavisd uses the BerkeleyDB module.

--Quanah


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Quanah Gibson-Mount
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