I don't think that the USC licence will allow a GNU type licence to be applied. And while it would be prudent to chat w/ USC legal, I expect that "use" of the software may not include the aspect of a client that generates aa query that is sent over the Internet. The software itself is the recipeitn of that query and the folks running that server may be said to use it. RIRs seem to make a fine home, since they are not commercial entities... Right? % These issues would probably go away if a GNU-like license were applied. % Maybe it's an idea to copyleft the whole bunch? The current license on % (almost all) source files says: % % ... use, copy, modify, and distribute this software ... for lawful % non-commercial purposes and without fee is hereby granted, ... % % The copyright owner is USC. Now, I don't think anybody has ever given % much thought about the "lawful non-commercial" use, but unless I am % mistaken it clearly prohibits the majority of ISPs to use this software. % % Steven % -- --bill