A listing of DNS servers
A listing of DNS servers
Posted Jan 28, 2003 12:49 UTC (Tue) by anr (guest, #234)In reply to: A listing of DNS servers by rickmoen
Parent article: A couple of alternative DNS servers
Please explain what makes you list djbdns under the "proprietary" category. Some points:
* The source code is available to all who want it.
* You can distribute patches (and apply) at will.
It seems to me that a label like "Restricted Open Source" would be closer to the truth.
Posted Jan 30, 2003 0:33 UTC (Thu)
by sam (guest, #1329)
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Let me make this clear: Dan is one of the best programmers out there.
He has an excellent security history. He has many years experience with UNIX and a driving obsession which makes him a very good coder. His DNS notes were very helpful in making my DNS server a better program; while very opinionated, his opinions have merit. I respect him greatly as a coder.
He has understandable reasons to make is software not be libre. Unfortunatly, his code will have a limited appeal until when and if he releases it under a more open license.
- Sam
Posted Mar 16, 2003 10:59 UTC (Sun)
by rickmoen (subscriber, #6943)
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Gladly. Prof. Bernstein's terms of usage, while very generous and
commendable,
do not include the right to fork (Open Source Definition provision #3 -- which is the
central concept of open source). Thus, nobody else has the legal right
to develop,
maintain, and release modified versions. Also, when/if Prof. Bernstein ceases to
issue new versions, the project will probably pretty much die for lack of legal right to
maintain the code (except in private or as patch files).
Please note that the term "proprietary" is not pejorative: It's a descriptive
category,
and includes a broad spectrum of licensing types, including Prof. Bernstein's
benevolent source-available one on the liberal end.
Prof. Bernstein feels that his abilitiy to control the package's quality justifies
this limitation (and he may be right). But, as a result, djbdns/dnscache is most
plainly not open source.
As Sam says, Prof. Bernstein's DNS notes are a crucial resource for anyone
wanting to truly understand DNS at a technical level, and I join Sam in
recommending them to people.
Rick Moen
A lot of DJB advocates seem to be confused about what the general free software community considers free software. The software is not software libre, according to the FSF. The open source web site mentions nothing about DJB's license, since it is not free software as per their definition (look at section three, "derived works").
What is free software
anr asked:
Please explain what makes you list djbdns under the "proprietary" category.
A listing of DNS servers
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