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
