Re: Email servers

On Thu, 8 Jan 2004, Dan Melomedman wrote:

> My guess is selling turn-key servers with preinstalled modified qmail is
> not allowed?

Common consensus there on my question about SRPM disrtibution was that 
SRPM probably meets DJB's requirements. But he denies OpenBSD technique 
(so-named ports) in distribution qmail for a number of reasons, check out 
the Web, I cannot recollect where I saw this.

> 
> How about if the server has scripts to download qmail, apply the patches
> and compile it at the customers' premises, at their discretion? Is this
> still considired a distribution of modified qmail package, and not
> allowed? I believe Debian uses this approach for the qmail package.
> Thanks.
> 

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