Re: redistibution of packages

"David Kaufman" <[email protected]> Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:43:08 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.mail.qmail.dist
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi Brett,

Have at it!  As of yesterday qmail has been released by Dan Bernstein into 
the public domain, and on camera, no less:

Bernstein releases code to public domain
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3147768955127254412&hl=en

Somehow I thought he'd look older and more curmudgeoney ...more like Andy
Rooney or something :-)

http://cr.yp.to/qmail/dist.html

This includes daemontools, ucspi-tcp, and djbdns too!

Etc, etc.: http://cr.yp.to/software.html

-dave


"brett lee" <[email protected]> wrote
> 622f65f982e380dbe86e6574f3abcb7c  qmail-1.03.tar.gz
> 1871af2453d6e464034968a0fbcb2bfc  daemontools-0.76.tar.gz
> 39b619147db54687c4a583a7a94c9163  ucspi-tcp-0.88.tar.gz
>
> Cannot find clear evidence that distributing these next three
> would be against DJB's copyright.  Can anyone offer guidance?
>
> b1354ee84daa42b6551bc337745024f1  dot-forward-0.71.tar.bz2
> 34ffadc4425155347b2c8569eee5eef9  fastforward-0.51.tar.bz2
> 75ebcaaef43ecf9d536caa8023e32e90  qmailanalog-0.70.tar.bz2
>
> Lastly, am reading on http://cr.yp.to/distributors.html that
> these packages can only be distributed until Jan 2008.  Has
> this date been fixed for awhile, or does it increment annually?
>
> 2008-01-011871af2453d6e464034968a0fbcb2bfcdaemontools-0.76.tar.gz
> 2008-01-0139b619147db54687c4a583a7a94c9163ucspi-tcp-0.88.tar.gz
>
> Thanks in advance.  -Brett
>