[NTLUG:Discuss] Bind sucks (off topic)

[A.L.Lambert]

> > 	I don't need to come up with something better, someone else
> > already has.  Go to http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html.  It's more reliable than
> > BIND, more stable than BIND, more secure than BIND, higher performance
> > than BIND, easier to configure/manage than BIND, better code than BIND,
> > etc.  Cheers!
> 
> ... But unlike BIND, it's not "Free Software."  (It doesn't satisfy the
> Open Source Definition vis-a-vis redistribution.)
> 
> Which is why there are a bunch of DNS servers out there, with a variety
> of designs, licenses, and such...

	Actually, the argument over djbdns's "Free Software" status, is
totally academic.  The code is free, changes may be made, changes may be
redistributed, binary distributions may be made, etc.  There are simply
some restrictions on _HOW_ the above may be done, that have been imposed
by DJB, which piss off some of the more rabid in the OpenSource community.
Those pissed off rabid OpenSource'ers have spread a lot of dis-information
about djbdns in pirticular, and DJB and his code in general.  Go spend
some time reading cr.yp.to for the straight scoop.  Cheers!


-- A.L.Lambert
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