Why doesn't someone demonstrate their EZMLM prowess by conjuring up a list
for this thread so that those of us who are uninterested (a majority, I
would guess) don't have to hear about it anymore...
And, before someone gives me the "use a filter if you don't want to read
about it" crap, consider the relevance of this thread to the list as a whole
over your personal needs, please.
Thank You.
-----Original Message-----
From: Adam McKenna [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 12:58 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: secrets and lies
On Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 12:32:02AM -0500, Nathan J. Mehl wrote:
> IANAL, but my feeling is that the documents in question pretty
> unambiguously lead to the conclusion that you'd be SOL in that case,
> and I would further suspect that Dan keeps the only notices about
> qmail's distribution terms in a centralized place to leave himself the
> option of refining the terms were such a case to arise.
>
> As he wrote the code, this is unquestionably his right.
If that is his intent, then it's of questionable merit. I personally don't
believe that it is his intent, but I could be wrong.
> As I peronally could care less about the alleged moral tonic of "Free"
> or "Open Source" software and my needs are satisfied by qmail's
> default configuration, this isn't really an issue for me personally.
> People with personal or business needs for such things should probably
> consider the MTAs which explicitly set such terms, rather than hoping
> that qmail might one day satisfy them. Based on past experience, it's
> not likely to.
I'm not arguing that Dan should change the terms under which he releases his
software, I'm arguing that he should include those terms along with the
software, so that the users of his software know the terms up front, instead
of having to rely on a potentially dynamic web page.
--Adam
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