Comment on Move tests to closed source repoparentComments−kilroy1236moThis has always struck me as such a strange monetization strategy. Do they actually make money off this?−lieks6moIt 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.
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This has always struck me as such a strange monetization strategy. Do they actually make money off this?
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.