Comment on Bitcoin 0.8.6 Released: Updates Block Size Limits, Free Transactions, OS X BugsparentComments−teraflop12yWhy do you think LevelDB isn't open source? https://code.google.com/p/leveldb/−asperous12yAlso 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.mediawi...−AsymetricCom12yBecause it has dependencies on libs that are not open source, so that means "closed" as propagated across this "open" system.−teraflop12yI 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.
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Why do you think LevelDB isn't open source? https://code.google.com/p/leveldb/
Also 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.mediawi...
Because it has dependencies on libs that are not open source, so that means "closed" as propagated across this "open" system.
I 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.