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http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1536 Phil Pennock <p...@exim.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|WONTFIX | --- Comment #5 from Phil Pennock <p...@exim.org> 2014-11-01 08:35:32 --- To be compliant with the GPL, if the binaries are running on machines not owned by the SaaS provider, then the source-code for those binaries needs to be made available to those same customers, without restrictions other than the GPL. This does not mean that the changes need to be made directly available to anyone else. The most sensible way forward is probably to get the key moved out of the source-tree into a file read from the filesystem and then contribute the changes in a tracking issue in this bug-tracker. There's no need for the Exim Maintainers to merge the patch, as long as the running code is available. Embedding keys which must be secret into GPL code is highly unwise and leads to scenarios where only lawyers win, especially since there's an ongoing requirement to provide the source for the binaries which have already been made available. Generally speaking, nobody has a right to be able to debug arbitrary other systems on the Internet and as long as a customer of the GPL'd product has a way to debug and change the code, the obligations are met in my opinion. It's also perfectly reasonable for a support contract to be automatically terminated should a customer do so. Attempts to redefine the meaning of a legal term are another thing which only leave lawyers richer. As someone who is currently awaiting a personal bill from a corporate law attorney, I have _no_ desire to get dragged into that if I don't have to, especially for an open source project which doesn't make me money to recoup those legal costs, so if I do find that I have to go that route then I shall become rather grumpy. So please lets get this resolved reasonably. Mike H: your tone is not reasonable and not conducive to getting this resolved smoothly. Please don't make demands in projects where you are not a copyright holder. Thank you. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.exim.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email -- ## List details at https://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-dev Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ##
