On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 01:05:36PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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.
The SQLite authors are willing to sell you a license if you think that
public domain doesn't apply, it's only $1,000.
They've gone through a lot of effort to declare their code as public
domain, though.
David
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