On Sat, 1 Dec 2007, Guy Hulbert wrote:
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.
qmail has never been used "in trade" by djb. Ergo, not trademark protected.