Re: Why sendmail rather than qmail
On Sat, May 01, 1999 at 21:10:13 +0530, M.K.Pai wrote:
> Why does slink ship with sendmail rather than qmail as default ?
IIRC, smail, or perhaps exim is the default MTA, not sendmail.
Because qmail does not meet the DFSG, the criteria for inclusion in Debian
proper.
> Further, why is only the src pkg of qmail supplied ?
Because the Debian project does not believe in signing agreements or getting
permission prior to being able to redistribute binaries.
> Even more puzzling, why does qmail go in as non-free ?
qmail is not free software. The qmail license prohibits Debian from
redistributing binaries, as the require prior approval by the qmail author.
Ray
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