On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 3:58 PM, P Kishor <punk.k...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am simply curious, and want to expand my knowledge of this -- > > 1. sqlite3 code is in public domain. > 2. sqlite mark is trademarked. > 3. sqlite3 encryption extension is licensed and for a fee, and comes > with a contract to not distribute it further. > 4. sqlite code tests are available as long as they are in the > non-amalgamated source tree. > 5. other "more complete" code tests are proprietary and closed source. > > > I am curious about the reason for #5 being the way it is. > No mystery there: Sales of licenses for the non-free parts of SQLite is (one way) that we make money in order to pay people to work full-time on the free parts. -- --------------------- D. Richard Hipp d...@sqlite.org _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
