On Tue, May 03, 2005 at 04:06:09PM -0400, Rod Dorman wrote:
> The postfix package has in the PERMIT_*_CDROM description
> "cannot be sold, see section 4 of license"
>
> Is that the "4. COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTION" in "IBM Public License"
> http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ibmpl.php ?
>
> That section has a lot of crap about indemnification but I can't figure
> out anyplace where it says you can't sell it.
IANAL
I've been reading that section as meaning "If you sell something with
with Postfix on it, and what you sell ends up in a lawsuit involving
part of the Postfix written by others that you changed, YOU carry the
burden of defending the portion written by others as well as your own
portion of the defense."
Example: Distro sell cds including a modified version of Joe Blow's
postfix add-on policy filter that Joe says will block 90% of .scr
attachments. Distro's port breaks the policy filter in a way that lets
40% of .scr attachments through undetected. VultureOrg files suit
against Joe and Distro, claiming that the Postfix implementation doesn't
meet the 90% blockage claim. Clause 4 says Distro must defend Joe as
well, since Distro changed his code in the process of building their
implementation.
--
42. When I capture the hero, I will make sure I also get his dog, monkey,
ferret, or whatever sickeningly cute little animal capable of untying
ropes and filching keys happens to follow him around.
--Peter Anspach's list of things to do as an Evil Overlord
