top | item 47179556 (no title) kilroy123 | 2 days ago This has always struck me as such a strange monetization strategy. Do they actually make money off this? discuss order hn newest lieks|2 days ago It works as a fork deterrent; forks can't easily prove they are still correct without the test suite, so if a company needs to tweak SQLite for any reason, they are better off paying for the tests so they know their tweaks won't break anything.
lieks|2 days ago It works as a fork deterrent; forks can't easily prove they are still correct without the test suite, so if a company needs to tweak SQLite for any reason, they are better off paying for the tests so they know their tweaks won't break anything.
lieks|2 days ago