1. I am not citizen of Czech Republic (but citizen of Slovak Republic with similar law) 2. If I do not want apply my copyrights, I can public my code without it.
2013/7/22 Richard Hipp <d...@sqlite.org> > On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 8:10 AM, Dušan Paulovič <paulo...@gisoft.cz> > wrote: > > > Hello, I like to make a patch for SQLite so that function xBestIndex > gets a > > collation sequences as a part of sqlite3_index_info structure. Patch > will > > be binary compatible with previous versions, so all existing virtual > table > > implementations will work with new version. I understand, that I must > > attach also public domain copyright statment to be SQLite team able to > > merge it. > > > > According to what I read in Wikipedia, citizens of the Czech Republic are > not allowed to dedicate their work to the public domain. :-( > > > > > > > What I do not know is: > > Can I somehow contact anybody about internal rules? > > > > Probably the sqlite-...@sqlite.org mailing list. > > > > Can I create new empty typedef for CollSeq struct? (name: > sqlite3_coll_seq) > > Can I create new API functions? (sqlite3_coll_seq_strcmp, > > sqlite3_coll_seq_name, sqlite3_coll_seq_enc) > > What all documentation should I provide? (I am not english native > speaker) > > Should be such code in #ifndef SQLITE_OMIT_VIRTUALTABLE blocks? > > Is there any chance that such patch will be merged to SQLite? > > > > It is an up-hill battle. New interfaces in SQLite must be supported > forever, which is a lot of work for the core team. So in order to accept a > new interface, we need to be convinced that there is lasting value for a > large community of users and that this value is sufficient to justify the > long-term support costs. Other obstacles include the copyright issue cited > above, and the necessity of having 100% branch test coverage and complete > documentation of the new features. > > > -- > D. Richard Hipp > d...@sqlite.org > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users@sqlite.org > http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users > _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
