Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 23:50:24 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <TrimYourCc@NUXI.com> To: Jos Backus <josb@cncdsl.com> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DJBDNS vs. BIND Message-ID: <20010218235023.A95040@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <20010218233916.J28286@lizzy.bugworks.com>; from josb@cncdsl.com on Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 11:39:16PM -0800 References: <200102190547.WAA12829@usr05.primenet.com> <3A90CA94.D7CBCB65@softweyr.com> <20010218233916.J28286@lizzy.bugworks.com>
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On Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 11:39:16PM -0800, Jos Backus wrote:
> [This is rapidly turning into a bikeshed...]
Bullcrap. You are *totally* missing the point.
> Again, what's there to maintain? Fix bugs/security problems?
Do you not understand the BSD philosophy??? Core code in BSD *must* be
hackable by users for *any* reason they care to. If I want to take all
the error messages, process them thru `jive' and recompile djbdns with
those, I *MUST* be legally able to do so.
> I can't help getting the impression that people don't care to give djbdns a
> proper look because of the way they perceive its author. Who cares what kind
> of personality the author has, as long as the code works and is
> well-supported?
WE care if it has a license against the BSD philosophy. Period.
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-- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
GNU is Not Unix / Linux Is Not UniX
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