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Date:      Thu, 10 Mar 2005 16:00:14 +0000
From:      markzero <mark@darklogik.org>
To:        Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: feedback on a good DNS server
Message-ID:  <20050310160014.GA5203@logik.ath.cx>
In-Reply-To: <200503100949.20691.kirk@strauser.com>
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> > Dan has given explicit permission to read, compile, modify and use
> > the source code of djbdns.
>=20
> From http://www.qmail.org/not-open-source.html:
>=20
>     "For a program to be "open source", you must be able to, among other
>      things, change the source and redistribute it. DJB prohibits
>      distribution of modified code and so programs which are so-licensed =
are
>      not open source."
>=20
> In other words, people who aren't the Free Software Foundation or OSI als=
o=20
> agree that Dan's license isn't an Open Source license.  As I said, though=
,=20
> whether that's good, bad, or irrelevant is up to the administrator.  It's=
=20
> just something that many people aren't aware of but would be interested i=
n.

Good point.

I suppose it's also a matter of the definition of 'Open Source'. For me,
open source equates to 'I can read the code to see if it's trustworthy
and can compile it so I know that I got what I read' but you're right,
it doesn't pass the 'official' definition.

Mark

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