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<h2>SQLite Is Public Domain</h2>

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SQLite is in the<br>
[ | Public Domain]

All of the code and documentation in SQLite has been dedicated to the
[|public domain]
by the authors.
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

The previous paragraph applies to the deliverable code and documentation
ship with a larger application.  Some scripts used as part of the
build process (for example the "configure" scripts generated by autoconf)
might fall under other open-source licenses.  Nothing from these build 
scripts ever reaches the final deliverable SQLite library, however, and 
so the licenses associated with those scripts should not be 
a factor in assessing your rights to copy and use the SQLite library.

No code has been taken from other projects or from the open
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.

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<h2>Obtaining A License To Use SQLite</h2>

Even though SQLite is in the public domain and does not require
for obtaining a license include:

<li> Your company desires warranty of title and/or
     indemnity against claims of copyright infringement.
     the public domain.  </li>
     the right of an author to dedicate their work to the public
     domain. </li>
<li> You want to hold a tangible legal document
     as evidence that you have the legal right to use and distribute
     SQLite. </li>

If you feel like you really need to purchase a license for SQLite,
all the developers of SQLite, will 
<a href="">sell you
All proceeds from the sale of SQLite licenses are used to fund
continuing improvement and support of SQLite.

<h2>Contributed Code</h2>

In order to keep SQLite completely free and unencumbered by copyright,
all new contributors to the SQLite code base are asked to dedicate
their contributions to the public domain.

We intend this dedication to be an overt act of relinquishment in

We are not able to accept patches or changes to 
In addition, if you make
signed by a company officer.

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