Quote Originally Posted by Tanner_H View Post
"ll of the deliverable code in SQLite has been written from scratch. No code has been taken from other projects or from the open internet. Every line of code can be traced back to its original 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. "

That is an incredible accomplishment.
It is indeed, and it shows what is necessary to properly do public domain - write every damned line yourself! No copying snippets from forums, no stripping out attributions or licenses from source available on public repositories. It's no wonder open-source is a more popular choice (and has more success stories), because being truly public domain requires a mountain of work.