Re: Where is the qmail Licence?

Please don't top-post.

Andy Jackman <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > More importantly, I understand that if he fails to take action against
> > > people to appear to have violated his licence (like plisk) then he is in
> > > fact showing that their actions are not illegal and are in fact a valid
> > > interpretation of the licence.
> >
> > That is not a valid assumption; copyright is not abandoned in this way as
> > trademarks are.

> I did not mean djb could abandon his copyright. I meant that his actions
> or inactions define his licence,

That's not correct.

> which is in essence a contract between the parties. 

That's not correct either.

The total rights you have to djb's software are:

1) Rights granted to you by copyright law
2) Rights granted to you explicitly by djb

Nothing else djb does or fails to do matters; the "license" is not defined by
his actions or inaction.

Charles
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