On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 05:42:30PM -0400, "Smith, Jeffery S (Scott)"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Question: Does the qmail license allow for differentiation between
> distribution/installation and configuration?
IANAL, yes.
> If I install qmail as per "make install" and sell or distribute a system,
> this is obviously not a license violation.
IANAL, correct.
> Now, what happens if once this system is installed at a user's site, the
> user then elects to modify it so that qmail is not in a "make install"
> state? Has the user violated the license? Is this not allowed, perhaps to
> replace a script or binary with one of their own making, or to relocate a
> utility to another path?
Yes, users are completely at liberty to modify their own systems. The
restriction is on _distributing_ a modified qmail.
> If the above is not disallowed, then is it a license violation for an
> application installed by the user subsequent to qmail to make a similar
> modification?
I don't believe so. I believe that what RAV is doing is fine, as long
as the end-user chooses to install it. Bundling RAV (and thus bundling
a modification to qmail) would be a problem.
> If qmail is installed, and RAV is installed, and then the system delivered,
> and then the user chooses to run an RPM that makes the two work together --
> I fail to see how this is a problem. I can see the problem if the two
> packages and installed and integrated prior to distribution, but one in the
> user's possession it seems odd that it would be any kind of license
> violation.
IANAL, but correct. The issue is _user_ choice. If a user chooses to
install something which modifies qmail, that is their choice.
> And, of course, I could be wrong. I'm mostly just curious as I've
> heard many times how restrictive the qmail license is.
Gordon
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