> On Dec 7, 2020, at 4:27 PM, Peter Kovacs <pe...@apache.org> wrote: > > > On 07.12.20 20:48, Jim Jagielski wrote: >> >>> On Dec 7, 2020, at 1:38 PM, Peter Kovacs <pe...@apache.org> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I would like to know how you guys feel we should move on with our base >>> Database. Our current strategy is a small sized embedded DB using HSQLDB >>> (BSD). There are 2 other options in the same weight class, that is H2 (EPL1 >>> or MPL2) and Apache Derby (AL2). >>> >>> Something like SQLLite (PublicDomain) could be technical interesting, but I >>> think their licensing is not so appealing. >> Is EPL1/MPL2 more appealing than SQLite's PD? > > No not really. I am intimidated by the statements: > > Open-Source, not Open-Contribution > > SQLite is open-source, meaning that you can make as many copies of > it as you want and do whatever you want with those copies, without > limitation. But SQLite is not open-contribution. In order to keep > SQLite in the public domain and ensure that the code does not become > contaminated with proprietary or licensed content, the project does > not accept patches from unknown persons. > > All of the code in SQLite is original, having been written > specifically for use by SQLite. No code has been copied from unknown > sources on the internet. > > Contributed Code > > In order to keep SQLite completely free and unencumbered by > copyright, the project does not accept patches. If you would like to > make a suggested change, and include a patch as a proof-of-concept, > that would be great. However please do not be offended if we rewrite > your patch from scratch. > > Actually their Licensing is: > > 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. > > Which is fine and works for us.
Also, let's look at https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html Works in the public domain (or covered by a license treated similarly) may be included within Apache products. Attribution is required (in a similar fashion to the Category A list. A work should be treated as being in the public domain when one of the following applies: the work is covered by the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark <http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/>, or a suitable dedication (to the public domain) by the authors; or I think we can confidently affirm the 2nd bullet.
