Marti Martinez wrote:
I haven't actually checked to see whether anyone has added DJB's software
back into ports/packages, but I seem to recall that djbdns and qmail are
both in the public domain now.
I do not think so. His release of the qmail and djbdns to public domain
seems too little too late. In order to compile those
my understanding (people who use djbdns will correct me on this one) is
that you need damontools. Those are not released in public domain and I
believe that they are register trade mark of DJB. Very
complicated mess that I do not fully understand. Do not forget that he
sued U. S. government in the past over the license issues and won.
I would not have his code on my computer if I am doing anything that I
am paid for. Just my 2c.
Best,
Predrag
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Predrag Punosevac <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Sunnz wrote:
2008/6/24 Theo de Raadt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Hi, just wondering what's your opinion on this...
If one were to release some code under an ISC or BSD-like 2 clause
license, but under the name of anonymous, would it effectively as if
it was released as public domain?
I guess the actually question you wanted to as was:
Does OpenBSD accept anonymous code?
No. OpenBSD does not. We don't do a dumb thing like that.
Well, actually I was just curious, so that's no for OpenBSD... I am
interested to know what is the general case as well. It is nothing
major, it is not like I want to make a killer app under anonymous or
something. :p
You question is probably non of my business as I am mathematician but
accidentally there is a mathematician turn computer scientist who released
some code in the past under very strange "license" that might be of great
interest for you.
So case study is: D. J. Bernstein from University of Illinois at Chicago.
Software in question djbdns, qmail, ucspi-tcp, damontools publicfile .
Do not look for his software among OpenBSD ports. You will not find it. His
code is removed. Why? Well I am leaving to you to investigate the whole
matter. It might not be exactly what you had in mind but it is definitely
educative.
The demise of his qmail is a wonderful example of interesting project which
died because of the bad "licence". I know that lots of people here like his
djbdns but just imagine what could have happened with his projects if they
were released under BSD license.
Kind Regards,
Predrag
