It is said that they can get away with having it as Public Domain because a key part of their business is SQLite's reliability which is asserted by their large and closed source test codebase.
> which is asserted by their large and closed source test codebase.
Oh I didn't know (or forgot about) this! Super interesting. I love that strategy.
That's competition at its best. Don't assert any control over someone else, but do keep a few secrets to yourself so people know to come to you for the best stuff.