On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 09:54:22AM -0800, David Brown wrote: > But that doesn't help someone trying to decide if they should _use_ > something like SQLite. The author's intent of marking it as public domain > was to allow it to be used for any purpose. Plenty of people seem to > make use of this.
Everything depends on the wording of SQLite's proclamation of intent to release it to anyone for any purpose. For example, is it in perpetuity? Does it disclaim any warranty? All that depends on the *license*..... so to be precise it really isn't in the public domain. Rather, they've just crafted a license that *feels* like the public domain. In short, to split hairs, is it public domain if SQLite authors use their copyright to distribute under a liberal license? Not technically. Chris -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
