Bind v. TinyDNS

Christopher Chan cchan at outblaze.com
Sun Jan 4 22:50:43 UTC 2004


>>>Every time there an update on one patch, those admins suffer real pains
>>>that could have been avoided if but Dan's arrogance allowed it.
>>
>>Arrogance?  DJB has written a lot of great software and has allowed us to
>>use it and the source code free of charge.  That's hardly arrogance.  You
>>can disagree with the license he has chosen for the software that he wrote,
>>but to shun him for not doing it your way is unfair.
> 
>>  His Web site is clear about what is allowed and what isn't.
> 
> 
> Of course. You can't publish an improved qmail, even to your friends who
> don't know how to patch.

DJB likes to keep his signature on HIS piece of software. You got a 
problem with that?

You are allowed to redistribute all the code in his software projects 
with changes but under a different name. That's also in binary form.





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