Re: distributing source

Yury Bokhoncovich writes:
> Though it's OK freely to distribute your patches. I.e. SRPMs and FreeBSD 
> ports are OK, RPMs and packages are not.

This is not entirely true. RPMs and packages are allowed as long as they 
produce exactly the same setup as would be achieved by downloading, 
compiling and installing the pristine sources: 

 "You are permitted to distribute a precompiled var-qmail package if (1) 
installing the package produces exactly the same /var/qmail hierarchy as a 
user would obtain by downloading, compiling, and installing 
qmail-1.03.tar.gz, fastforward-0.51.tar.gz, and dot-forward-0.71.tar.gz; (2) 
the package behaves correctly, i.e., the same way as normal 
qmail+fastforward+dot-forward installations on all other systems; and (3) 
the package's creator warrants that he has made a good-faith attempt to 
ensure that the package behaves correctly." 

Dan even provides instructions on creating such binary packages: 

 http://cr.yp.to/qmail/var-qmail.html 

The "Memphis" var-qmail RPMs are available from Mate Wierdl at: 

 ftp://moni.msci.memphis.edu/pub/qmail/var-qmail/README.var-qmail 

I'm sure there are others. 

> I had asked DJB about distribution of ready binaries or patched tarbals 
> but he didn't answer, either.
> -- 
> WBR, Yury Bokhoncovich, Senior System Administrator, NOC of F1 Group.

 - Keith