Some Berkeley DB questions (being maintained? queries?)

[HerbAsher at googlemail.com]

Hi!

I have some questions.    I'm evaluating berkeley db as a embeddable
storage engine for a project I'm working on.

My questions:

1. Now that Berkeley DB is part of Oracle, is it still being
maintained?   Is it free?
2. Are there good python libraries for bdb available, that are being
maintained?
3. Is it possible to query a berkeley db database?  Just simple
queries like: find me all items where key "name" = "John"
4. What are good, stable alternatives?


thanks,
herb