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Why do you think LevelDB isn't open source? https://code.google.com/p/leveldb/ https://code.google.com/p/leveldb/
by teraflop 13y ago
Why do you think LevelDB isn't open source? https://code.google.com/p/leveldb/ https://code.google.com/p/leveldb/
- asperous 13y agoAlso some history: Satoshi's original client used BerkeleyDB which had a configuration issue that almost destroyed Bitcoin. https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0050.mediawiki https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0050.mediawi...
- AsymetricCom 13y agoBecause it has dependencies on libs that are not open source, so that means "closed" as propagated across this "open" system.
- teraflop 13y agoI was assuming you were mistaken, but it's starting to look like you're just making things up. LevelDB has no dependencies other the Snappy compression codec, which is both optional and BSD-licensed.