Re: Source code with no (explicit) licence
On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 02:17:21PM -0400, Brian Ristuccia wrote:
> > > My gut feeling is that a non-licence remains no licence -- and that, if
> > > it were ever proposed for Debian (which it hasn't been), it would end up
> > > in non-free following the "err on the side of caution" principle.
> >
> > Your gut feeling is wrong. Without a license, the program cannot be
> > distributed at all. DJB knows this. He likes it that way, apparently.
>
> At times, I've been tempted to rewrite qmail because of this.
>
> Can anyone name a good replacement that can do Maildir delivery and doesn't
> run tons of stuff as root?
Go for it - each module of qmail is in and of itself very (VERY) simple
and discrete. Produce one module at a time and replace the equivalent
qmail module with it. When you have it all working stable together,
release it under the GPL and watch DJB's face for the flash of pure rage
and hatred ....
Ahhh, it would be so nice to see...
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