Re: Why sendmail rather than qmail
On Sat, May 01, 1999 at 18:01:51 +0200, I wrote:
> On Sat, May 01, 1999 at 21:10:13 +0530, M.K.Pai wrote:
> > 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.
It has been pointed out to me that qmail binaries are distributable under a
strict set of conditions (ftp://koobera.math.uic.edu/www/qmail/dist.html).
So be it; I stand corrected.
This in no way changes qmail's non-freeness.
Ray
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