On Wed, 2005-05-25 at 13:39 -0400, Chad Whitacre wrote: > I am interested in the reasoning behind SQLite's dedication to the > public domain vis-a-vis other copyright/licensing options (GPL, BSD, > etc.) Is there any documentation available on this decision?
GPL and LGPL are too restrictive for SQLite because applications generally want to be able to statically link against SQLite without inheriting the GPL license requirements. BSD retains copyright in technicality, but doesn't really retain any real rights - so what's the point? Public domain just seemed the easiest way to go. > > Furthermore, are there any groups or websites advocating for dedications > of software to the public domain who could provide information in general? > http://www.creativecommons.org/ I'm sure you can find more on Google. > Specifically, are there other major software packages that have been > dedicated to the public domain? http://freshmeat.net/browse/197/ lists 521 software projects that claim to be "public domain", though many of them are misusing the term. But there are still many famous packages that are PD. The first page lists NTP and Expect in addition to SQLite. See also http://libtomcrypt.org/ -- D. Richard Hipp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
