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[or-cvs] a gpl async dns lib is not free enough.
Update of /home2/or/cvsroot/website
In directory moria:/home/arma/work/onion/cvs/website
Modified Files:
volunteer.html
Log Message:
a gpl async dns lib is not free enough.
Index: volunteer.html
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RCS file: /home2/or/cvsroot/website/volunteer.html,v
retrieving revision 1.27
retrieving revision 1.28
diff -u -d -r1.27 -r1.28
--- volunteer.html 24 Sep 2005 23:38:04 -0000 1.27
+++ volunteer.html 29 Sep 2005 18:57:13 -0000 1.28
@@ -180,7 +180,8 @@
resolving a query --- so it requires its own thread or process. So Tor
is forced to spawn many separate DNS "worker" threads. There are some
asynchronous DNS libraries out there, but historically they are buggy and
-abandoned. Are any of them stable, fast, clean, and free software? If so
+abandoned. Are any of them stable, fast, clean, and free software? (To
+be clear, it needs to be more free than GPL.) If so
(or if we can make that so), we should integrate them into Tor. See <a
href="http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/Sep-2005/msg00001.html">Agl's
post</a> for one potential approach.</li>