[Bug 480724] Review Request: djbdns - A Domain Name System by D. J. Bernstein

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--- Comment #14 from Mark Johnson <johnsonm at gmail.com>  2009-03-05 13:36:40 EDT ---
Quoting README from:

http://pjp.dgplug.org/djbdns/djbdns-1.05.1.tar.gz

Hello all,

               I   am   pleased  to  release  this  *new*  version  of
          djbdns-1.05.1.  Djbdns  is  a  fully-fledged   Domain   Name
          System(DNS),  originally  written  by  the eminent author of
          qmail, Dr. D J Bernstein. This new  release  is  a  complete
          makeover to the original source(djbdns-1.05) and is meant to
          make life a lot more pleasant. The notable  changes  so  far
          are  in  the  set-up  & configuration steps.  Also, this new
          release is distributed under the GNU General Public Licence.
          See ChangeLog for more details.


Whoah...is it legal to do that?  Take public domain software, make some
changes, and distribute the entire result under the GPL?

Note also that DJB's original copyright notice has been removed and I see no
mention of his release of djbdns into the public domain.

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