where can i find qmail for breezy?

Stephen R Laniel steve at laniels.org
Sat Aug 27 01:49:39 UTC 2005


On Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 11:41:36AM +1000, Peter Lieverdink wrote:
> Consider using an MTA with a less sucky license. Postfix is nice.

See, e.g.,
http://www.qmail.org/not-open-source.html

I quote in full,

"qmail is not open source

In case you're wondering, qmail is not open source, and does
not qualify for use of the OSI-Certified trademark. Other
programs which Dan Bernstein licenses similarly, including
djbdns, ucspi-tcp, and daemontools, are also not open
source. For a program to be "open source", you must be able
to, among other things, change the source and redistribute
it. DJB prohibits distribution of modified code and so
programs which are so-licensed are not open source. Other
code written by DJB has been placed into the public domain.
Public domain code is unlicensed, and it qualifies for use
of the OSI-certified trademark."

I prefer to give my support to people who are behind
open-source software.

Then again, this doesn't inspire much confidence in Postfix:
http://cr.yp.to/maildisasters/postfix.html

Though that may well be outdated news by now.

-- 
Stephen R. Laniel
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http://laniels.org/
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