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Re: DJB licensing issues [Was: [ITP] mhash-0.9.1-1]
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Brian Dessent wrote:
> Still, I doubt it qualifies as OSI-approved by any stretch of the
> imagination.
It doesn't even have a copyright notice in the source nor in the
package, maybe it qualifies as Public Domani, but I guess an email to
DJB could clarify it a bit...
> It works well, even has a nifty installer that installs it as a
> service. The command line binaries (host, dig, rndc, etc) all play nice
> under Cygwin too. I'm not really a fan of BIND's design and config
> format but the win32 port works well.
I see.
> Of course, I'd rather see a Cygwin-based resolver + net tools.
That was my idea, too.
> Apparently someone convinced them
> that it was indeed possible to run a resolver on localhost, and in XP
> the dialog does not appear.
Ahah, don't they even SELL a DNS resolver itself? 0=)
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