[Python-Dev] bsddb

Curt Hagenlocher curt at hagenlocher.org
Thu Sep 4 20:49:49 CEST 2008


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".

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Curt Hagenlocher
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