> On Dec 25, 2017, at 12:24 PM, J. King <jk...@jkingweb.ca> wrote: > > SQLite source is managed in a Fossil (not Git) repository, which is software > itself designed by Dr. Hipp and based on SQLite. GitHub would be an entirely > inappropriate venue. > > SQLite is also not open source software in the conventional sense. SQLite is > written by a small team of people, and outside contributions are far less > common than in most open source software.
Indeed. The core SQLite source code is free (as in beer, as in freedom), but its development is carefully controlled by Hwaci, the company responsible for employing SQLite developers. Hwaci also owns the trademark to the name SQLite. Hwaci has several products, including extensions such as the SQLite encryption extensions, that are NOT free (as in beer, nor as in freedom). The testing system used for SQLite, which represents a source base several times larger than the SQLite core, is also completely private. Hosting such systems on Github would require a subscription fee and, frankly, why should they bother? -j _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
