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Subject: Re: Bernstein's License
From: Jim Breton (jamesb-auditalongtheway.com)
Date: Mon Jul 24 2000 - 13:28:20 CDT

On Mon, Jul 24, 2000 at 09:45:24AM -0500, haywardslothmud.org wrote:
> open source development on the project because it can't be feasibly
> maintained anymore.

Quick note on this point: strictly speaking, DJB's projects are not
"open source development" at all, at least afaict. That's fine by me in
this case because I trust him and his code, but I just wanted to make
that minor correction.

Anyway, regarding the (OT) thread about his license, one of the biggest
problems with qmail's (and djbdns's, and his other stuff) distribution
policy is that it requires that the software be installed to the same
path on any system; this means that GNU/Linux distributors would have
the throw the FHS/FSSTND out the window. Personally, I like the FHS...
but this whole issue has already been discussed at great length and
archives of it can be found here:

http://www.mastaler.com/list-archives/dnscache/

If you were to search for "fhs" I imagine you would find most of the
thread. Maybe also "debian" and "rpm" and "package" -- stuff like that.