On Sat, May 01, 1999 at 21:10:13 +0530, M.K.Pai wrote: > Why does slink ship with sendmail rather than qmail as default ?
IIRC, smail, or perhaps exim is the default MTA, not sendmail. Because qmail does not meet the DFSG, the criteria for inclusion in Debian proper. > Further, why is only the src pkg of qmail supplied ? Because the Debian project does not believe in signing agreements or getting permission prior to being able to redistribute binaries. > Even more puzzling, why does qmail go in as non-free ? qmail is not free software. The qmail license prohibits Debian from redistributing binaries, as the require prior approval by the qmail author. Ray -- UNFAIR Term applied to advantages enjoyed by other people which we tried to cheat them out of and didn't manage. See also DISHONESTY, SNEAKY, UNDERHAND and JUST LUCKY I GUESS. - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan
