johnjohn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Sat, Jan 02, 1999 at 12:13:10AM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
>> But doing so is considered quite rude in the free software community,
>> for good reason.
> That you don't care to go into right now...
That other people have said far better than I have. See
<URL:http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/homesteading/>
among other places.
> Being rude is the barrier to effective distribution of qmail binaries?
The barrier to effective distribution of qmail binaries is that the
mechanism used to set UIDs is highly arcane and platform-specific, as well
as being rather unlike any other package and therefore both confusing and
worrisome for people who are considering doing it.
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Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <URL:http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
