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@@ -180,7 +180,8 @@ gethostbyname() is poorly designed --- it blocks until it has finished
 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>


...	...	@@ -180,7 +180,8 @@ gethostbyname() is poorly designed --- it blocks until it has finished
180	180	resolving a query --- so it requires its own thread or process. So Tor
181	181	is forced to spawn many separate DNS "worker" threads. There are some
182	182	asynchronous DNS libraries out there, but historically they are buggy and
183		-abandoned. Are any of them stable, fast, clean, and free software? If so
	183	+abandoned. Are any of them stable, fast, clean, and free software? (To
	184	+be clear, it needs to be more free than GPL.) If so
184	185	(or if we can make that so), we should integrate them into Tor. See <a
185	186	href="http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/Sep-2005/msg00001.html">Agl's
186	187	post</a> for one potential approach.</li>
187	188