agreed, something is better than nothing - even light weight
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> You caught me using the wrong choice of words.. Good job :)
>
> There is a difference between Majordomo1's license (GCA) and the Apache
> Software License, and the BSD licenses, etc, Majordomo1's license isn't
> Open Source, but the Apache Software License, the BSD licenses, etc are.
> As you can see in the attached text, GCA has many limitations, including
> redistributing, modifying, charging, etc which are not compliant with Open
> Source standards.
>
> Therefore, yes, Majordomo1 is a show stopper for LPI coverage, I'm afraid.
>
> You've heard of listar ;-) You couldn't have subscribed to this list
> without listar :-)
>
> However, I'd never heard of, and have never used listar anywhere but with
> the lists that Chuck set up on LPI.org. All my servers use majordomo as
> well (majordomo2, in fact) so I'm best versed with majordomo as well.
>
> I really hate to leave out the objective all together, so at least we
> should have some (even if very low weight) conceptual questions that apply
> for all list servers, as Alan suggested. If you don't beleive me, I can
> probably find my old text where the majordomo items for the JTA were
> submitted by me originally a *long* time ago :)
>
> -Kara
>
> On Sat, 16 Jun 2001, Les Bell wrote:
>
> > >>
> > Majordomo 1 is not GPL'ed and Majordomo2 is still in alpha.
> > <<
> >
> > Is this a showstopper? Apache is not GPL'ed; it's covered by the Apache
> > Software License. Many other parts of most distros are BSD-licensed or use
> > different licenses that are to a greater or lesser extent GPL-compatible.
> >
> > As for Listar? Never heard of it. <g> We're majordomo through and through
> > here, mainly on account of it's "the standard".
> >
> > All of which prompts the question: would some basic understanding of Linux
> > licensing issues be appropriate for LPI? An admin who doesn't read and
> > understand licenses could get himself and his employer into deep doo-doo.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > --- Les [http://www.lesbell.com.au]
> >
>
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