Forgot to add: if somebody else does the work, I'm happy to agree to the
code being used in Python stdlib.  Perhaps it would be necessary to get
the author of the original Perl code from which this MSIE class is
derived to sign a contributor agreement, though (even though he already
agreed to a BSD-ish license).

FWIW, there's also a Firefox 3 cookies.sqlite cookiejar in the same
package (though not yet used in anger by me, and wanting more tests, so
marked experimental).