Greg Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Ira Abramov wrote:
>>
>> the daemontools binaries are included, they are, like all DJB
>> software other than Qmail itself, under PD (not GPL).
>
>Public domain would mean you can do anything you want with it. You
>can't; in particular, you are not allowed to distribute derivative
>works other than precompiled var-qmail packages without Dan's
>permission.
Says who? Remember, the question is about daemontools, not qmail. Note
that Ira said "other than [qmail]". The redistribution rights of
daemontools are not clearly spelled out anywhere,as far as I know.
>If you download some source code and there is no license, you can't
>assume that the source is in the public domain or that you have
>permission to do anything covered by the exclusive rights given under
>copyright law.
Correct.
>As it turns out, there is a license among Dan's web pages. See:
>ftp://koobera.math.uic.edu/www/qmail/dist.html
For *qmail*. See the Subject of this message.
-Dave
