On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 11:42:44AM +0300, Efraim Flashner wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 03:30:13PM -0400, Andy Patterson wrote:
> > +       ;; tests are un-maintained in this fork
> > +       #:tests? #f))
> > +    (home-page "https://www.zetetic.net/sqlcipher/")
> > +    (synopsis
> > +     "Library providing transparent encryption of SQLite database files")
> > +    (description "SQLCipher is an SQLite extension that provides transparent
> > +256-bit AES encryption of database files.  Pages are encrypted before being
> > +written to disk and are decrypted when read back.  It’s well suited for
> > +protecting embedded application databases and for mobile development.")
> > +    (license license:bsd-3)))
> > -- 
> > 2.10.0
> > 
> 
> I'm a little confused how much of this is actually upstream sqlite and
> how much is their own code. The commit messages look like they're
> continually merging in sqlite. Also, many of the files in the src folder
> I checked are public-domain and not bsd-3 licensed.

I'm also wondering what the relationship is between this project and
SQLite. The comment about disabling tests describes SQLCipher as a fork,
but the SQLCipher home page describe it as an extension.