Re: More licensing questions, re: Re: Email servers

On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 09:47:25PM -0800, Adam McKenna wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 11:11:13AM +0700, Chris Travers wrote:
> > The distribution one gets me too.  For example, suppose my organization has
> > 100 smtp servers running Qmail which need the smtp auth and other patches.
> > By the logic here, I am required to apply each patch to each server
> > separatly, not apply the patches to a central source repository and then
> > merely compile on each server.  It makes management of patches more than a
> > little harder.
> 
> This is entirely false.  You could even compile on one server and then
> copy the binaries to each server and you would be totally compliant with
> Dan's rules.

As long as you own all the servers you install it on. If some are owned
by a client, you are "distributing", even if you maintain the server.
(According to my lawyer, you are even screwed if you rent the servers,
because they are not yours, and thus are distributing)

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