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

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--- Comment #15 from Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa at redhat.com>  2009-03-05 13:43:35 EDT ---
(In reply to comment #14)

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

Absolutely. Anyone can pick up public domain software and do _whatever_ they
want to it. Relicense it, make it proprietary, turn it into a play, wear it as
a hat, anything.

> 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.  

While it might be good to mention that it is based on the Public Domain djbdns,
there is no requirement that he do this. Also, there is no longer a copyright
notice, because when DJB put it into the Public Domain, he officially abandoned
copyright on the work.

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