--- Rafael 'Dido' Sevilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 10:31:37AM +0800, Andre Cruz
> wrote:
> > when i first found out about qmail, i was
> skeptical. can some other open
> > source email server package actually outperform
> sendmail?
> 
> Ahem.  FYI, Qmail is NOT open source, not by the
> official definition
> of the term, and it is much less Free Software.  You
> do not have the
> right to modify the software and redistribute your
> modifications!

again how many times should we argue that you can
modify the darn thing and redistribute your
modification by patches

you are misleading people by making them believe you
can't touch/modify the source code

It is not fully OPEN SOURCE compliant by definition
but it did not take your right to modify the code
and/or  stop you from releasing patches 

> 
> Daniel J. Bernstein isn't in the business to write
> open source or free
> software.  He's in this business because it looks
> like he wants to
> stroke his ego.

a very much uncluefull remark for someone who doesn't
know him right?

so rather we keep quiet on that cause we are
speculating

> It just riles me every time someone makes the
> mistake of calling
> packages that simply have the source available 'open
> source'.  Qmail,
> djbdns, even Pine and Pico, are not software of this
> type, although on
> the surface they look like that.  At best they are
> free (beer)
> software.

feels like your saying that their work are  nothing
but crap ( like giving away free beer duh)

THEY ARE GOOD SOFTWARES WITH RESTRICTIVE LICENCE (
pertaining to djb's work ) 

-Dek
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