211 lines
7.2 KiB
HTML
211 lines
7.2 KiB
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
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<html><head>
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<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
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<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
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<link href="sqlite.css" rel="stylesheet">
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<title>SQLite Copyright</title>
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</head>
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<body>
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<div class=nosearch>
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<a href="index.html">
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<img class="logo" src="images/sqlite370_banner.gif" alt="SQLite" border="0">
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</a>
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<div><!-- IE hack to prevent disappearing logo --></div>
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<div class="tagline desktoponly">
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Small. Fast. Reliable.<br>Choose any three.
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</div>
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<div class="menu mainmenu">
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<ul>
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<li><a href="index.html">Home</a>
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<li class='mobileonly'><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick='toggle_div("submenu")'>Menu</a>
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<li class='wideonly'><a href='about.html'>About</a>
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<li class='desktoponly'><a href="docs.html">Documentation</a>
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<li class='desktoponly'><a href="download.html">Download</a>
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<li class='wideonly'><a href='copyright.html'>License</a>
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<li class='desktoponly'><a href="support.html">Support</a>
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<li class='desktoponly'><a href="prosupport.html">Purchase</a>
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<li class='search' id='search_menubutton'>
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<a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick='toggle_search()'>Search</a>
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<div class="menu submenu" id="submenu">
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<ul>
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<li><a href='about.html'>About</a>
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<li><a href='docs.html'>Documentation</a>
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<li><a href='download.html'>Download</a>
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<li><a href='support.html'>Support</a>
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<li><a href='prosupport.html'>Purchase</a>
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<div class="searchmenu" id="searchmenu">
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<form method="GET" action="search">
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<select name="s" id="searchtype">
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<option value="d">Search Documentation</option>
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<option value="c">Search Changelog</option>
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<input type="submit" value="Go">
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</form>
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<script>
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function toggle_div(nm) {
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var w = document.getElementById(nm);
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if( w.style.display=="block" ){
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w.style.display = "none";
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w.style.display = "block";
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function toggle_search() {
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var w = document.getElementById("searchmenu");
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if( w.style.display=="block" ){
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w.style.display = "none";
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w.style.display = "block";
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setTimeout(function(){
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document.getElementById("searchbox").focus()
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}, 30);
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}
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}
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function div_off(nm){document.getElementById(nm).style.display="none";}
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window.onbeforeunload = function(e){div_off("submenu");}
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/* Disable the Search feature if we are not operating from CGI, since */
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/* Search is accomplished using CGI and will not work without it. */
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if( !location.origin || !location.origin.match || !location.origin.match(/http/) ){
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document.getElementById("search_menubutton").style.display = "none";
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}
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}
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return false;
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}
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</script>
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</div>
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<h2>SQLite Is Public Domain</h2>
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<div class="rightsidebar desktoponly">
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<center>
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<img src="images/nocopy.gif"><br>
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SQLite is in the<br>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Domain">Public Domain</a>
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</center>
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</div>
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<p>
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All of the code and documentation in SQLite has been dedicated to the
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Domain">public domain</a>
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by the authors.
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All code authors, and representatives of the companies they work for,
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have signed affidavits dedicating their contributions to
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the public domain and originals of
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those signed affidavits are stored in a firesafe at the main offices
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of <a href="https://www.hwaci.com">Hwaci</a>.
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Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or distribute
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the original SQLite code, either in source code form or as a compiled binary,
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for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any means.
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</p>
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<p>
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The previous paragraph applies to the deliverable code and documentation
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in SQLite - those parts of the SQLite library that you actually bundle and
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ship with a larger application. Some scripts used as part of the
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build process (for example the "configure" scripts generated by autoconf)
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might fall under other open-source licenses. Nothing from these build
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scripts ever reaches the final deliverable SQLite library, however, and
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so the licenses associated with those scripts should not be
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a factor in assessing your rights to copy and use the SQLite library.
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</p>
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<p>
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All of the deliverable code in SQLite has been written from scratch.
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No code has been taken from other projects or from the open
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internet. Every line of code can be traced back to its original
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author, and all of those authors have public domain dedications
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on file. So the SQLite code base is clean and is
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uncontaminated with licensed code from other projects.
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</p>
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<a name="notopencontrib"></a>
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<h2>Open-Source, not Open-Contribution</h2>
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<p>
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SQLite is open-source, meaning that you can make as many copies of it as
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you want and do whatever you want with those copies, without limitation.
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But SQLite is not open-contribution. In order to keep SQLite in the public
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domain and ensure that the code does not become contaminated with proprietary
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or licensed content, the project does not accept patches from unknown persons.
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<p>
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All of the code in SQLite is original, having been written
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specifically for use by SQLite. No code has been copied from unknown
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sources on the internet.
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<a name="warrantyoftitle"></a>
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<div class="rightsidebar">
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<form method="GET" action="https://www.hwaci.com/cgi-bin/license-step1">
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<input type="submit" value="Buy An SQLite License">
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</form>
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</div>
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<h2>Warranty of Title</h2>
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<p>
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SQLite is in the public domain and does not require a license.
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Even so, some organizations want legal proof of their right to use
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SQLite. Circumstances where this occurs include the following:
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li> Your company desires indemnity against claims of copyright infringement.
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<li> You are using SQLite in a jurisdiction that does not recognize
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the public domain. </li>
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<li> You are using SQLite in a jurisdiction that does not recognize
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the right of an author to dedicate their work to the public
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domain. </li>
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<li> You want to hold a tangible legal document
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as evidence that you have the legal right to use and distribute
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SQLite. </li>
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<li> Your legal department tells you that you have to purchase a license.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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If any of the above circumstances apply to you,
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<a href="https://www.hwaci.com/">Hwaci</a>, the company that employs
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all the developers of SQLite, will
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<a href="https://www.hwaci.com/cgi-bin/license-step1">sell you
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a Warranty of Title for SQLite</a>.
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A Warranty of Title is a legal document that asserts that the claimed
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authors of SQLite are the true authors, and that the authors
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have the legal right to dedicate the SQLite to the public domain, and
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that Hwaci will vigorously defend against challenges to those claims.
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All proceeds from the sale of SQLite Warranties of Title are used to fund
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continuing improvement and support of SQLite.
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</p>
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<h2>Contributed Code</h2>
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<p>
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In order to keep SQLite completely free and unencumbered by copyright,
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the project does not accept patches. If you would like to make a
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suggested change, and include a patch as a proof-of-concept, that would
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be great. However please do not be offended if we rewrite your patch
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from scratch.
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