Am 26.01.2001 um 08:39:04 schrieb Charles Cazabon:
Hi Charles,
> > this might seem like a stupid question but I really *did* bother quite a
> > while with the subject before asking here.
>
> Except that this has been discussed to death many times in the past on the
> list.
perhaps it might be an idea to lose some words about this in the
qmail-FAQ or on the website to avoid people (as mine ;-) asking the same
question over and over again.
> Look through the qmail list archives; you'll find everything you
> need there.
I did exactly this and I looked at the archive again for a long time
back. My Problem is this: DJB says as the first words in his statement
about Software user's rights:
In the United States, once you own a copy of a program......
2 Problems:
a) I am not within the United States and the *much *bigger problem is:
b) When Do I own a copy of a program? If I burn a CD of M$ Windows I own
the CD but this still does not grant the right to me to use the program
on it. The part I need is: Where is said, that if I download qmail from
DJB's website, I *DO OWN* the copy of qmail?
There are lots of examples where by just having the source of a pice of
software you do not own this software by any means. You can even receive
the software legally but you are just not allowed to use them e.g. for
commercial purpose.
So: Where is said that I own qmail as soon as I download it? This would
be necessary to apply DJBs statement to any existing situation.
thanks in advance
/ch
