On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 04:11:45PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > Jim Penny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In the case of qmail, there *is* a rule that prohibits just this, and > so it would be a subterfuge to use an installer to achieve something > that cannot be achieved directly: a binary that uses qmail source, but > also isn't vanilla qmail. >
qmail prohibits distribution of modified binaries. So qmail-src, provided by (not part of) Debian, distributes qmail source, and a collection of patches, and a utility to apply the patches and automate compilation. How is the status quo not "a subterfuge ... to achieve something that cannot be achieved directly"? > > Thomas >
