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Since no one mentioned yet, the (lack of) license: "The source code files for other SQL database engines typically begin with a comment describing your license
by swah 10y ago
Since no one mentioned yet, the (lack of) license:
"The source code files for other SQL database engines typically begin with a comment describing your license rights to view and copy that file. The SQLite source code contains no license since it is not governed by copyright. Instead of a license, the SQLite source code offers a blessing:
May you do good and not evil
May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others
May you share freely, never taking more than you give."
- tlrobinson 10y agoI wonder if they've ever run into the problem Douglas Crockford had with IBM requesting he clarify the "The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil" clause he added to the MIT license for JSLint.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C-JoyNuQJs&feature=player_detailpage#t=2480s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C-JoyNuQJs&feature=player_d...
- mayoff 10y agoYou can buy a SQLite license if you really want one: https://www.sqlite.org/copyright.html https://www.sqlite.org/copyright.html at which point you are free to ignore the blessing.
- coleifer 10y agoIt's public domain, so no license necessary. The blessing is awesome though.
- creshal 10y agoAs discussed below, public domain isn't a concept in many legislations (copyright vs. authors' right e.g. – you can relinquish your exclusive right to copy, but not your authorship), so minimal licenses like CC0 are needed to really put your works under public-domain-or-equivalent worldwide.