Re: Another free IMAPD?
Colin Watson wrote:
> >RMS asked about other free-software IMAP servers. Cyrus isn't one, but
> >acording to one of their lawyers... their intents match the GNU GPL....
>
> I don't see how. The GPL seeks to restrict proprietary use to keep the
> software free, while, according to the lawyer you quote, the Cyrus
> licence seeks to restrict commercial use to let them make more money.
> The intents aren't really that similar.
They don't want to limit commercial _use_, they want to limit
commercially sold derived products (as I undertand the message
quoted). So GPL for everybody, and those that want to make
derived closed-sourced products can seek another licensing
agreement.
Peter
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