<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN""http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >About PowerDNS.COM BV, 'the company'</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.79"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="PowerDNS manual" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="UP" TITLE="HOWTO & Frequently Asked Questions" HREF="faq.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Backend developer HOWTO" HREF="pdns-devel-faq.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Tools to analyse DNS traffic" HREF="analysis.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="SECT1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >PowerDNS manual</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="pdns-devel-faq.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" >Chapter 18. HOWTO & Frequently Asked Questions</TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="analysis.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT1" ><H1 CLASS="SECT1" ><A NAME="POWERDNS-COMPANY-FAQ" >18.4. About PowerDNS.COM BV, 'the company'</A ></H1 ><P > 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. </P ><P > <P ></P ><DIV CLASS="VARIABLELIST" ><DL ><DT >Q: Is PowerDNS 2.9 really open source? What license?</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 >Q: Is the open source version crippled?</DT ><DD ><P > A: It is not. Not a single byte has been omitted. </P ></DD ><DT >Q: Is the nameserver abandoned?</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 >Q: Can I buy support contracts for PowerDNS?</DT ><DD ><P > Sure, to do so, please contact us at <CODE CLASS="EMAIL" ><<A HREF="mailto:sales@powerdns.com" >sales@powerdns.com</A >></CODE > </P ></DD ><DT >Q: Will you accept patches? We've added a feature</DT ><DD ><P > Probably - in general, it is best to discuss your intentions and needs on the <CODE CLASS="EMAIL" ><<A HREF="mailto:pdns-dev@mailman.powerdns.com" >pdns-dev@mailman.powerdns.com</A >></CODE > (<A HREF="http://mailman.powerdns.com/mailman/listinfo/pdns-dev" TARGET="_top" >subscribe</A >) mailinglist before doing the work. We may have suggestions or guidelines on how you should implement the feature. </P ></DD ><DT >Q: PowerDNS doesn't work on my platform, will you port it?, Q: PowerDNS doesn't have feature I need, will you add it?</DT ><DD ><P > Be sure to ask on the <CODE CLASS="EMAIL" ><<A HREF="mailto:pdns-dev@mailman.powerdns.com" >pdns-dev@mailman.powerdns.com</A >></CODE > (<A HREF="http://mailman.powerdns.com/mailman/listinfo/pdns-dev" TARGET="_top" >subscribe</A >) mailinglist. 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 >Q: Will <A HREF="http://express.powerdns.com" TARGET="_top" >PowerDNS Express</A > be open sourced?</DT ><DD ><P > Perhaps, we're not yet sure. </P ></DD ><DT >Q: We are a Linux/Unix vendor, can we include PowerDNS?</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 HREF="mailto:ahu@ds9a.nl" >ahu@ds9a.nl</A >></CODE > if you have specific upstream needs. </P ></DD ></DL ></DIV > </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="pdns-devel-faq.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="analysis.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Backend developer HOWTO</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="faq.html" ACCESSKEY="U" >Up</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Tools to analyse DNS traffic</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >