On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 04:44:39PM +0100, Russell Coker wrote: > On Sat, 30 Nov 2002 15:34, Gerrit Pape wrote: > > License: Bernstein has put the .[ch] files (dns.h, dns_dfd.c, > > dns_domain.c, dns_dtda.c, dns_ip.c, dns_ipq.c, dns_mx.c, dns_name.c, > > dns_nd.c, dns_packet.c, dns_random.c, dns_rcip.c, dns_rcrw.c, > > dns_resolve.c, dns_sortip.c, dns_transmit.c, dns_txt.c) and all > > necessary lower-level .[ch] files into the public domain[1]. I do not > > plan to make any changes to those files, so Bernstein's djbdns security > > guarantee[2] applies. My additions to the package will be licensed under > > a BSD compatible license. > > The URL did not make this license adequately clear to me.
Quoting from http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/res-disaster.html: Note to programmers: You can and should switch from libresolv to the djbdns client library, which has always been covered by the djbdns security guarantee. I've put the .[ch] files (dns.h, dns_dfd.c, dns_domain.c, dns_dtda.c, dns_ip.c, dns_ipq.c, dns_mx.c, dns_name.c, dns_nd.c, dns_packet.c, dns_random.c, dns_rcip.c, dns_rcrw.c, dns_resolve.c, dns_sortip.c, dns_transmit.c, dns_txt.c) and all necessary lower-level .[ch] files into the public domain. And this is what he wrote to bugtraq in July: http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=ag3h0s%24hfq%241%40FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw&oe=UTF-8&output=gplain There is a thread currently on debian-legal about the term 'public domain': http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&threadm=20021202082543.GS1267%40salem.getuid.de&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26selm%3D20021202082543.GS1267%2540salem.getuid.de Sorry for the long URLs. I plan to take these .[ch] files, and to write a Makefile and the debian packaging stuff. > Does this specifically differ from the license of Qmail? Yes, completely. The djbdns library source files are in the Public domain. Regards, Gerrit.
