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.
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 > > -- Systems Programmer, Principal Electrical & Computer Engineering The University of Arizona [EMAIL PROTECTED]
