Re:Limbo: A complete rewrite of SQLite in Rust
by Aloisius on Tuesday December 10, 2024 @03:16PM
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SQLite didn't just say, "it's public domain."
They explicitly state, "Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or distribute the original SQLite code, either in source code form or as a compiled binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any means."
One can buy a "license" if one's company is run by idle lawyers: https://www.sqlite.org/purchase/license
Re:Limbo: A complete rewrite of SQLite in Rust
by callingbull on Tuesday December 10, 2024 @06:13PM
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> They explicitly state, "Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or distribute the original SQLite code, either in source code form or as a compiled binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any means."
It's not clear this is a license grant rather than legal advice (which would be correct legal advice if the code were public domain, but it is not).
Re:Limbo: A complete rewrite of SQLite in Rust
by cy7 on Tuesday December 10, 2024 @03:39PM
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> sell you a fancy legally-satisfying piece of paper for an undisclosed price
It's $6,000 https://sqlite.org/prosupport.html
I'm a bit puzzled why SQLite doesn't solve this trivial issue by claiming the code is CC0-licensed. CC0 is made just for that: a very wordy way to make it as close to public domain as possible in each jurisdiction.
On the other hand, hobbyists won't care. As long as you trust them in their intention to have it open source they won't sue you for infringement either. And if as a company you need more assurance than "it's public domain" they are so nice to sell you a fancy legally-satisfying piece of paper for an undisclosed price. It's a subtle but clever way to get income from users with too much money