When NetBSD imported sqlite and sqlite3 into their base system that was a signal to me that SQLite is no-nonsense and reliable. That was many years ago, around 2011 I think. Not sure why SQLite is getting all the attention on HN lately. Usually more attention means more pressure to adopt so-called "modern" practices and other BS.

SQLite is interesting to me because like djb's software its author is not interested in copyrights.^1

1. https://cr.yp.to/publicdomain.html ^2

Here is how Hipp abandons his copyrights:

The author disclaims copyright to this source code. In place of a legal notice, here is 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.

Apparently this is not be enough to convince some folks they can use the code (maybe they really are doing evil), and so there is also a strange set of "reassurances" on the website:

https://sqlite.org/copyright.html

It seems that is still not enough and so there is actually an option to pay for a "license" to software that is in the public domain. Don't laugh.

https://sqlite.org/purchase/license

2. I seem to recall an open source OS project or two making a fuss about djb's software being public domain but perhaps I am remembering incorrectly.