SQLite Copyright
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+ +SQLite is in the +Public Domain + |
-The original author of SQLite has dedicated the code to the public domain. +All of the deliverable code in SQLite has been dedicated to the +public domain +by the authors. +All code authors, and representatives of the companies they work for, +have signed affidavits dedicating their contributions to +the public domain and originals of +those signed affidavits are stored in a firesafe at the main offices +of Hwaci. Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or distribute the original SQLite code, either in source code form or as a compiled binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any means.
++The previous paragraph applies to the deliverable code in SQLite - +those parts of the SQLite library that you actually bundle and +ship with a larger application. Portions of the documentation and +some code used as part of the build process might fall under +other licenses. The details here are unclear. We do not worry +about the licensing of the documentation and build code so much +because none of these things are part of the core deliverable +SQLite library. +
+ ++All of the deliverable code in SQLite has been written from scratch. +No code has been taken from other projects or from the open +internet. Every line of code can be traced back to its original +author, and all of those authors have public domain dedications +on file. So the SQLite code base is clean and is +uncontaminated with licensed code from other projects. +
+ +Obtaining A License To Use SQLite
+ ++If you are using SQLite in a jurisdiction that does not recognize +the public domain, or if your legal department is uncomfortable with +the concept of the public domain, you can purchase a license to use +and distribute SQLite from Hwaci, +the company that employees the architect and principal developers +of SQLite. For additional information on how to purchase a license +to use SQLite, please contact: +
+ ++D. Richard Hipp+
+Hwaci - Applied Software Research
+704.948.4565
+drh@hwaci.com +
Contributed Code
In order to keep SQLite complete free and unencumbered by copyright, -other contributors to the SQLite code base are asked to likewise dedicate +all new contributors to the SQLite code base are asked dedicate their contributions to the public domain. If you want to send a patch or enhancement for possible inclusion in the SQLite source tree, please accompany the patch with the following statement:
@@ -28,12 +82,11 @@ We intend this dedication to be an overt act of relinquishment in perpetuity of all present and future rights this code under copyright law.-Regrettably, as of 2003 October 20, -we will no longer be able to accept patches or changes to +We are not able to accept patches or changes to SQLite that are not accompanied by a statement such as the above. In addition, if you make changes or enhancements as an employee, then a simple statement such as the above is insufficient. You must also send by surface mail a copyright release signed by a company officer. @@ -48,12 +101,9 @@
A template copyright release is available in PDF or HTML. -You can use this release to make future changes. If you have contributed -changes or enhancements to SQLite in the past, and have not already done -so, you are invited to complete and sign a copy of the template and mail -it to the address above. +You can use this release to make future changes.
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