Hi, I got notices for deletion requests against the oracle-instantclient packages in two OBS projects. This is a binary package from Oracle - there is no source, but it may be freely distributed: https://www.oracle.com/cz/database/technologies/faq-instant-client.html This package has been listed as blacklisted in OpenSUSE since 2010: https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Build_Service_application_blacklist#Package... However, in the meantime, Oracle changed their redistribution policy to allow free redistribution of this package in binary format. I was not involved in the discussions, but back in 2010 my colleague got the oracle-instantclient binary packages accepted into OBS; he told me at the time that an exception was made (IIRC - in any cases the packages have been there for a long time despite being on the blacklist). My question to anyone who can help - can this package get accepted into the NonFree project and removed from the blacklist? If not, I believe that forbidding the oracle-instantclient package from OBS and OpenSUSE will adversely impact professionals that work with Oracle DBs - particularly due to the domino effect on dependent packages. There is no legal reason for this restriction - just a philosophical one from my understanding. Example project (now with a deletion request): https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:davidnichols/oracle-instantclie... Thanks in advance for any feedback from anyone who has insight into this situation. thx David -- *David Nichols*Qore Technologies, s.r.o. Karolinská 654/2, 186 00 Prague - CZ mobile: +420 777 279 144, +1 858 306 1002 1312 17th Street Suite 776, Denver, CO 80202 - USA tel: +1 303 833-9201 book a meeting with me: https://info.qoretechnologies.com/meetings/david-nichols <https://qoretechnologies.com> https://qoretechnologies.com [image: Review Qorus on Capterra and earn a $10 gift card!] <https://review.capterra.com/Feedback-Qorus-Integration-Engine-182971-3337188213>
