BSDDB copyright and licensing restrictions while in use viaPython

Adrian Eyre a.eyre at optichrome.com
Mon Feb 14 11:31:08 EST 2000


> I am reading over the BSDDB license (bsddb is owned by sleepycat software)
> and it appears that you can't compile and link the source code to
> the BSDDB to a proprietary (non-free) application without paying
Sleepycat.

This is starting to become a FAQ.

v1.85 has a more liberal licence. If you need the win32 port of the source,
see: ftp://squirl.nightmare.com/pub/python/python-ext/misc/bsddbmodule.zip

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