Micah Anderson wrote: > This is version '1.2.74-4' from Debian... but now looking closer, it > seems as if dcc was removed after Debian Etch. It seems that it was > removed because the upstream authors changed its license to non-free > (according to Debian's DFSG) in version 1.30. This also means that it > has not been available in Ubuntu either since Dapper. > > > "The Distributed Checksum Clearinghouse source carries a license that is > free to organizations that do not sell filtering devices or services > except to their own users and that participate in the global DCC > network. . . you may not redistribute modified, "fixed," or "improved" > versions of the source or binaries. You also can't call it your own or > blame anyone for the results of using it." > > So I guess I just will remove dcc, that is a shame, it seems like a good > service.
According to the quote above, the service is free to almost everyone (even ISPs). Why can't you continue to use it? -- Bowie
