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I will try to rephrase it and include links to Wikipedia and OSI

> As for whether SQLite is open source, well, the only reason a public domain dedication doesn’t meet the OSD is that it’s not a license. It’s more open.

That's true and I do acknowledge this in the post:

> Instead, SQLite is in the public domain, which means it has even fewer restrictions than any open source license.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source

[2] https://opensource.org/blog/public-domain-is-not-open-source




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