On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 15:07:33 -0800, Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It doesn't really matter, at least to Debian, since it's not for inclusion > in the Debian archive, but for the record this is not a correct > understanding of the license on qmail. It is not covered under the > Artistic License. It is covered under a license that gives you the right > only to download, compile, and install the package on your system, and to > distribute the results of compiling the stock package with no > modifications. > > To do anything else, you have to get permission from DJB, although he's > stated elsewhere that he doesn't think copyright law can prohibit the > distribution of patches or your application of patches to software you're > building yourself. (Note that doesn't include distributing the result.)
Ok I see, thanks for pointing thatout (Qmail licence has always been a bit mysterious to me) - but anyway since it is only for internal use in my company, I guess it does not matter. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
