Russell Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> If you are complaining that you can't hack this software and release it
> _under the same name_, then you better remove all that GNU software you
> have as well.
Crap. If all we had to do was to change the name, then qmail would've been
part of Debian ages ago and we wouldn't have spent the huge amount of effort
to convert our main server away from qmail. Read this from
http://cr.yp.to/qmail/dist.html:
: If you want to distribute modified versions of qmail (including ports, no
: matter how minor the changes are) you'll have to get my approval. This does
: not mean approval of your distribution method, your intentions, your e-mail
: address, your haircut, or any other irrelevant information. It means a
: detailed review of the exact package that you want to distribute.
I don't see anything about allowing the distribution of a modified qmail
under a different name.
And if you still think this is OK, well just ask yourself what a distributor
can do when the next security hole comes along and Dan is not in a position
of releasing a patch (on a safari trip, perhaps?).
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