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As of 25 November 2002, the PowerDNS nameserver and its modules are open source. This has led to a lot of questions on the future
of both PowerDNS, the company and the products. This FAQ attempts to address these questions.
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</p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">Q: Is PowerDNS 2.9 really open source? What license?</span></dt><dd><p>
A: PowerDNS 2.9 is licensed under the GNU General Public License version two, the same license that covers the Linux kernel.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Q: Is the open source version crippled?</span></dt><dd><p>
A: It is not. Not a single byte has been omitted.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Q: Is the nameserver abandoned?</span></dt><dd><p>
A: Far from it. In fact, we expect development to speed up now that we have joined the open source community.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Q: Can I buy support contracts for PowerDNS?</span></dt><dd><p>
Sure, to do so, please contact us at <code class="email"><<a class="email" href="mailto:sales@powerdns.com">sales@powerdns.com</a>></code>
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Q: Will you accept patches? We've added a feature</span></dt><dd><p>
Probably - in general, it is best to discuss your intentions and needs on the <code class="email"><<a class="email" href="mailto:pdns-dev@mailman.powerdns.com">pdns-dev@mailman.powerdns.com</a>></code> (<a class="ulink" href="http://mailman.powerdns.com/mailman/listinfo/pdns-dev" target="_top">subscribe</a>)
mailing list
before doing the work. We may have suggestions or guidelines on how you should implement the feature.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Q: PowerDNS doesn't work on my platform, will you port it?, </span><span class="term">Q: PowerDNS doesn't have feature I need, will you add it?</span></dt><dd><p>
Be sure to ask on the <code class="email"><<a class="email" href="mailto:pdns-dev@mailman.powerdns.com">pdns-dev@mailman.powerdns.com</a>></code> (<a class="ulink" href="http://mailman.powerdns.com/mailman/listinfo/pdns-dev" target="_top">subscribe</a>) mailing list. You can even hire us to do work on PowerDNS
if plain asking is not persuasive enough. This might be the case if we don't currently have time for your feature, but you
need it quickly anyhow, and are not in a position to submit a patch implementing it.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Q: Will <a class="ulink" href="http://express.powerdns.com" target="_top">PowerDNS Express</a> be open sourced?</span></dt><dd><p>
Perhaps, we're not yet sure.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Q: We are a Linux/Unix vendor, can we include PowerDNS?</span></dt><dd><p>
A: Please do. In fact, we'd be very happy to work with you to make this happen. Contact <code class="email"><<a class="email" href="mailto:ahu@ds9a.nl">ahu@ds9a.nl</a>></code>
if you have specific upstream needs.
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