In some mail from Chris Palmer, sie said:
>
> On 04 Sep J . C . Roberts wrote:
>
> > >DJB's license says nothing about how you have to install the software.
> >
> > I don't mean to be argumentative but please check your facts and ask
> > DJB himself if his license allows you to install /package and /service
> > to anywhere in your file system that you choose... -As stated, his
> > license explicitly forbids derivative works using alternate
> > installations because you are not allowed patch the files necessary to
> > prevent his software from installing in their default locations.
>
> As several people other people have pointed out, the DJB license allows
> local modification, but not distribution of those modifications in any
> form other than patches. I think your and my wires got crossed; I had
> local modification in mind while you were thinking of distribution (as
> with the Ports system).
>
>
> Oh well. Let's have an end to this thread. I'm sure everyone who wants
> to will just install djbware by hand from tarballs on his web site
> anyway, and that's cool.

What I want to know is when will the OpenBSD team start on a rewrite of
a replacement for the various DJB packages that don't have a BSD licence ?

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