From ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/README: The entire sdbm library package, as authored by me, Ozan S. Yigit, is hereby placed in the public domain. As such, the author is not responsible for the consequences of use of this software, no matter how awful, even if they arise from defects in it. There is no expressed or implied warranty for the sdbm library. Since the sdbm library package is in the public domain, this original release or any additional public-domain releases of the modified original cannot possibly (by definition) be withheld from you. Also by definition, You (singular) have all the rights to this code (including the right to sell without permission, the right to hoard[3] and the right to do other icky things as you see fit) but those rights are also granted to everyone else. Please note that all previous distributions of this software contained a copyright (which is now dropped) to protect its origins and its current public domain status against any possible claims and/or challenges.