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From: ahby@bungia.Bungia.MN.ORG (Shane P. McCarron)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Dbz and news 2.11
Message-ID: <20@bungia.Bungia.MN.ORG>
Date: 3 Feb 89 04:35:06 GMT
Reply-To: ahby@bungia.MN.ORG (Shane P. McCarron)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Bugoslavian Embassy, St. Paul, MN
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Some time ago the dbz sources were posted for use with news 2.11.
Patches have been posted, and a number of sites are using these
routines to make news run faster on machines without dbm libraries.  I
seem to remember some controversy surrounding the use of these
routines.  Something about their containing AT&T proprietary stuff?  I
realize that by asking this I am going to get a hundred answers, all
of them different.  What I am really looking for is ONE AUTHORITATIVE
ANSWER.  Can anyone out there say for sure whether this code is freely
distributable or not?
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Shane P. McCarron				E-Mail: ahby@bungia.MN.ORG
Systems Analyst, NAPS International		AT&T: +1 (612) 224-9239