On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 23:25 -0600, David Nicol wrote: > as I understand it, the name 'qmail' is a separate property from the > source code released under the name.
Nope. Copyright is automatic but trademarks are not. Trademarks must be agressively protected ... and for some purposes registered. I don't think DJB has ever claimed a trademark on qmail. > > He released the software, not the name. (unless he released the name, > too, > somewhere else.) -- --gh
