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#Packages_without_OSI_approved_license

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):

Thanks in advance for any feedback from anyone who has insight into this situation.

thx

David