Hi! On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 11:16:37AM +0100, Pieter Verberne wrote: >On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 09:15:34AM +0000, Stuart Henderson wrote: >> On 2007/11/30 10:41, Lars Noodin wrote: >> > qmail
>> never had a license - now it's in the public domain it's allowed >> to distribute it, but I don't like to imagine what misc@ would look >> like after the following release if it was to be switched in base... >Just before it was in public domain: >Did someone asked the author if it was accepted to put a BSD-like >license on it? He allowed us to share and modify the software but had no >official document about is (a license). I think he just might accept us >to licence it. IIRC, on qmail, there was at least something resembling a license, but that was so restrictive that it wasn't even really good for making a *port* of qmail. >Well, I'm don't know very much about licensing etc.. However, it is in >public domain now. Wich I find another strange thing, while there is no >'legal way' to put something in public domain. There *is* in some jurisdictions, just not in all. >Pieter Verberne Kind regards, Hannah.
