Re: Email servers

George Georgalis <[email protected]> Fri, 9 Jan 2004 10:38:46 -0500

Newsgroups	gmane.mail.qmail.dist
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On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 02:57:36PM +0000, Andy Jackman wrote:
>> If I create a modified tarball of qmail and make it available for free on my web site, then there is no trade inveolved.  But clearly I would be distributing, and violating Dan's copyright.
>Perhaps so. 
>
>But you can install and modify qmail on a SERVER and then you can sell
>the server because djb cannot dictate what you do with your property. If

why wouldn't that be distributing modified qmail???

if you ran build scripts (ie like netqmail) on the server and sold the
whole setup (with the qmail source/mods), don't know who could complain.

// George

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