[Python-Dev] bsddb (original) (raw)

Steve Holden steve at holdenweb.com
Sat Sep 6 13:26:36 CEST 2008

Curt Hagenlocher wrote:

On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 7:33 AM, Oleg Broytmann <phd at phd.pp.ru> wrote:

SQLite is public domain; the licensing terms of Berkeley DB[1] are not friendly to commercial applications: "Our open source license ... permits use of Berkeley DB in open source projects or in applications that are not distributed to third parties." I am not sure if using of PyBSDDB in commercial applications is considered "using of Berkeley DB in open source projects"; Wow, I hadn't realized that it was such a restrictive license. When I see "Berkeley" I think "BSD license". Well of course nowadays when you see "SleepyCat" you need to be thinking "Oracle". They have dabbled in open source, but I didn't get the impression that the support for Linux was particularly wholehearted, for example.

regards Steve

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