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Re:Collection of insane and fun facts about SQLite by monocasa on Monday December 30, 2024 @01:59PM (#42552350)
The US isn't the only jurisdiction, and public domain isn't a concept in all jurisdictions.
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Re:Collection of insane and fun facts about SQLite by jazzyjackson on Monday December 30, 2024 @02:08PM (#42552420)
But in this jurisdictions without a concept of public domain, who is going to come after you for using software without an explicit license?
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Re:Collection of insane and fun facts about SQLite by charrondev on Monday December 30, 2024 @03:19PM (#42553061)
That’s not enough which is why this page exists:

https://www.sqlite.org/purchase/license

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Re:Collection of insane and fun facts about SQLite by monocasa on Monday December 30, 2024 @02:28PM (#42552579)
I mean, like Germany?

And legal departments don't really like the "but, like, what's the chance they actually use us?" argument.

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Re:Collection of insane and fun facts about SQLite by debugnik on Monday December 30, 2024 @09:16PM (#42555717)
Software without an explicit license has all rights reserved, so presumably the author, if they ever regretted releasing their rights in the US.
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