dev: update license copyright date and owners

- update the formatting so it's recognized by licensee
- remove LICENSE-DEPENDENCIES which was confusing licensee
- update README to link to SQLite's copyright

LICENSE

@@ -1,27 +1,23 @@
-Copyright (c) 2004, Jamis Buck ([email protected])
-All rights reserved.
+Copyright (c) 2004-2024, Jamis Buck, Luis Lavena, Aaron Patterson, Mike Dalessio, et al.
 
-Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
-modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted
+provided that the following conditions are met:
 
-    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
-      this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+  1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions
+  and the following disclaimer.
 
-    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
-      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
-      documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+  2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of
+  conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with
+  the distribution.
 
-    * The names of its contributors may not be used to endorse or promote
-      products derived from this software without specific prior written
-      permission.
+  3. Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its contributors may be used to
+  endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
 
-THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
-AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
-IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
-DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
-FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
-DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
-SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER
-CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
-OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
-OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR
+CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER
+IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF
+THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

README.md

@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ See [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](./CONTRIBUTING.md).
 
 This library is licensed under `BSD-3-Clause`, see [`LICENSE`](./LICENSE).
 
-
 ### Dependencies
 
-The source code of `sqlite` is distributed in the "ruby platform" gem. This code is public domain, see [`LICENSE-DEPENDENCIES`](./LICENSE-DEPENDENCIES) for details.
+The source code of `sqlite` is distributed in the "ruby platform" gem. This code is public domain,
+see https://www.sqlite.org/copyright.html for details.