Berkeley DB (was: Points of order on this WG)

Hi, Maciej-

Maciej Stachowiak wrote (on 6/26/09 1:49 AM):
>
> As a side note, it should be noted Berkeley DB itself could not be used
> by WebKit or Gecko to implement the spec, because even though it is open
> source, the license is not compatible with the LGPL. It seems unlikely
> that non-open-source browser engines could use it either, unless they
> are willing to pay Oracle for a commercial license. So it's very
> important for the spec to be clear and detailed, because everyone will
> have to implement it from scratch.

I wonder if Oracle would be willing to back the Berkeley DB option by 
changing the license?

Regards-
-Doug Schepers
W3C Team Contact, SVG and WebApps WGs

Received on Friday, 26 June 2009 07:58:18 UTC