Russell Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > Richard "Source code for the workers or we shoot you" Stalin.
>
> ...what RMS actually says these days.
Granted; he's doing much better. As an ethic, his ideas are wonderful; as
potential laws, they would amount to socialized software.
> > ...Dan seems to define "forking" differently...
>
> The Debian standards put configuration files under /etc for a particular
> reason (this has *always* been the standard place for Unix configuration
> files).
With plenty of exceptions; /var/spool/*, /usr/lib/*, /sbin/init.d (on HP/UX).
> qmail does not, also for a particular reason.
True; but I don't see the objection. Dan's licence permits any variant
on the following (or their reverses):
# ln -s /var/qmail /etc/qmail
OR
# ln -s /var/qmail/bin /usr/local/qmail/bin
# ln -s /var/qmail/control /etc/qmail
# ln -s /var/qmail/queue /var/spool/qmail
...
So the Debian folks can have anything they want in /etc, as long as they
keep <12 symlinks under /var.
> The reasons differ and one could argue which is the best reason...
Granted.
> ...but because qmail is not open source, Dan wins the argument without
> need for persuasion.
But I haven't heard of anything people can't accomplish with qmail,
obeying Dan's license, except possibly ``Never have a /var directory
on any of our machines.'' Which was my original point; concerns over
Dan's licensing seem to be a tempest in a teapot.
Len.
