1The source code for SQLite is in the public domain. No claim of 2copyright is made on any part of the core source code. (The 3documentation and test code is a different matter - some sections of 4documentation and test logic are governed by open-source licenses.) 5All contributors to the SQLite core software have signed affidavits 6specifically disavowing any copyright interest in the code. This means 7that anybody is able to legally do anything they want with the SQLite 8source code. 9 10There are other SQL database engines with liberal licenses that allow 11the code to be broadly and freely used. But those other engines are 12still governed by copyright law. SQLite is different in that copyright 13law simply does not apply. 14 15The source code files for other SQL database engines typically begin 16with a comment describing your legal rights to view and copy that 17file. The SQLite source code contains no license since it is not 18governed by copyright. Instead of a license, the SQLite source code 19offers a blessing: 20 21May you do good and not evil 22May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others 23May you share freely, never taking more than you give. 24