RE: Re: [OT] djbdns is not free

On Fri, 2004-12-03 at 00:59 +0300, Bashar AlAbdulhadi wrote:

> Hmm I never knew djbdns wasn't under GPL
> So overall for djbdns or qmail the author can change his mind anyday and
> charge for a license?
There is no license.  The code all falls under the United States
Copyright act.  What follows is an attempt at explaining his viewpoint
on this.  You must read all of it in order to fully understand not only
where he is coming from but also to obtain the full picture.

Software user's rights according to djb 
 - http://cr.yp.to/softwarelaw.html

> In the United States, once you own a copy of a program, you can back
> it up, compile it, run it, and even modify it as necessary, without
> permission from the copyright holder. See 17 USC 117*.
Also his thoughts on 'software in the public domain'
 - http://cr.yp.to/publicdomain.html

Bernstein vs. United States; Re: Cryptography Exportation:
 - http://cr.yp.to/export.html


* US CODE; Title 1, Chapter 17: http://tinyurl.com/54bwq

There is an abundance of information explaining his views.  His software
is the most secure software that the Internet has ever seen, and he's
been good to his word to date.  Review his court case against the USA
regarding exportation of cryptography.  He's not someone like MS, and
isn't going to turn around and demand fees, and after reading the
information available on his site I suspect you'll see he really can't,
not without contradicting himself.

Cheers,

James

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