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Timothy R. Butler <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
License: gpl
Other License: 
Package: OpenMoz
System name: openmoz
This package does NOT want to apply for inclusion in the GNU project

My project, OpenMoz, is currently in the early coding stages. The goal is to 
create a free software implementation of the backend of the Open Directory 
Project (www.dmoz.org). I think, and I hope other free software programmers 
will agree, that it is a very bad thing that a project claiming to be an \"open 
directory\" does not have the code for the project available as either free or 
open source software.

To remedy this, Ciaran Hamilton and I (Tim Butler), two Open Directory Project 
editors, have set to this task, and will release our work under the GNU GPL. 
OpenMoz is being programmed in Perl, and will be initially setup to use the 
MySQL database (with the goal to support additional databases - such as 
PostgreSQL - later on).

Further more OpenMoz will be an attempt to improve upon the Open Directory 
Project, adding additional features where the original lacks. The goal won\'t 
be 100% compatibility, but to provide a system capable of a similar task, and 
also support for importing the XML/RDF dumps from the Open Directory Project if 
necessary.

Per your instructions, I am saying \"It does not exist yet but I\'m working on 
it.\"