This module was started by Andrew Kuchling (amk) to remove the dependency on SWIG in a package by Gregory P. Smith who based his work on a similar package by Robin Dunn which wrapped Berkeley DB 2.7.x.
Development then returned full circle back to Robin Dunn working in behalf of Digital Creations to complete the SWIG-less wrapping of the DB 3.x API and to build a solid unit test suite. Having completed that, Robin is now busy with another project (wxPython) and Greg has returned as maintainer.
Jesus Cea Avion is the maintainer of this code since February 2008.
This module is included in the standard python >= 2.3 distribution as the bsddb module. The only reason you should look here is for documentation or to get a more up to date version. The bsddb.db module aims to mirror much of the Berkeley DB C/C++ API.