This package is based on ares 1.1.1 (written by Greg Hudson). I've decided to put together and release my own ares archives since the ares maintainer doesn't want these improvements. The package is thus dubbed 'c-ares' since I (Daniel Stenberg) want this for use within the curl project (hence the letter C) and it makes a nice pun. Also, c-ares will not remain API compatible with the original ares, so picking a new name makes it more obvious to the public. The full source code is available in the 'c-ares' release archives, and in the 'ares' subdir of the curl CVS source repostitory. If you find bugs, correct flaws, have questions or have comments in general in regard to c-ares (or by all means the original ares too), get in touch with us on the curl-library mailing list. c-ares is of course distributed under the same MIT-style license as the original ares. You'll find all c-ares details and news here: http://daniel.haxx.se/projects/c-ares