Ken Jones wrote:
>
> Andrew Gray wrote:
> >
> > Hi All,
> > I have to provide a tender for a web interface email box. I would like to
> > use qmail and sqwebmail, but need to know that I am not violating any
> > licencing by doing so.
> > Note that I am looking to provide a complete web based email solution here
> > including hardware and not selling the software specifically as such. Is
> > there a concise licence agreement I can quote in the tender doc for
> > sqwebmail? There doesnt appear to be one for qmail other than "dont
> > distribute binaries" ....
>
> Read the qmail and sqwebmail licenses.
>
> SqWebmail is licenced under the GPL
> http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/gpl-faq.html
> Is a nice FAQ.
>
> Welcome to the world of the GPL
>
> Ken Jones
Qmail is not GPL. Dan has a very restrictive license regarding binary
distribution and any modifications. You specifically cannot redistribute
qmail if you have patched it or installed it in a non-standard location
on the hard disk. You had better check out
http://cr.yp.to/qmail/dist.html .
Mike
