Re: Open Source status

Russell Nelson <[email protected]> Sat, 4 Jan 2003 17:34:23 -0500 (EST)

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[email protected] writes:
 > After reading the Open Source Definition at: 
 > 
 >  http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php 
 > 
 > am I correct in believing that the only thing that stops qmail from being 
 > labelled OSI-approved Open Source software is the clause in point 3 that 
 > states: 
 > 
 >  "The license must explicitly permit distribution of software built from 
 > modified source code." 

Yup.

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