Curt Hagenlocher wrote:
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 7:33 AM, Oleg Broytmann
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 -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/