> > Brad Chapman wrote: > > some XML storage. > > I went back to check on things (www.dbxml.org) after the break and > > found out that the project is no longer open source with a BSD license, but > > is apparently going to be bought out and go commericial...[censored: a > > whole lot of not so nice words]... Anyways, I won't rant on about my > > feelings on this, but I was just wondering if anyone knows what happens to > > the code which was being previously released under a open source license. I > > have the most recently released snapshot (which is not complete) and > > documentation--can I use this to finish development or pass it out to > > people who would want to continue the open source development of it? Or is > > this code protected by the new commerical license? Nice work, Brad! Jeff and I were hoping someone might have the latest version of dbXML. Unfortunately, we are not sure about the licensing issue concerning dbXML--certainly there website is obfuscating this issue as much as possible. Hold on to that code until we can get a handle on the licensinge or other alternatives (see my posting on db2xml). > > Along the same lines, has anyone heard about other open source XML > > databases? (gotta keep me fingers crossed...:) > > Okay, last message from me. Sorry to clog up everyone's in boxes. > > Try xDBM. > > http://www.bowerbird.com.au/XDBM/ > > Doesn't handle concurrency or any of the other stuff I like in a DBMS, > but it's open. This is a QPL licensed DBMS. Jeff and I looked at the license today and were not sure if it would fit with Loci's LGPL licensing scheme. Our interpretation is that if we were to use xDBM in Loci we would have to pay a per-developer licensing fee (this may not apply specifically to us because we are not developing a commercial application, but again, this is not made clear in their licensing terms. Perhaps someone else may have some insight on this issue? .g =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Gary Van Domselaar gvd at redpoll.pharmacy.ualberta.ca Faculty of Pharmacy Phone: (780) 492-4493 University of Alberta FAX: (780) 492-5305 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada