[qmail] / debian / copyright

Qmail is Copyright 1996, D. J. Bernstein.
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Unfortunately (from SPI's point of view) Dan Bernstein does not include
a conventional licence for qmail, so instead you must examine his published
documentation on the subject to determine your rights to use his software.

The right to distribute unmodified copies of the qmail-1.01 source is granted
here:

  ftp://koobera.math.uic.edu/www/qmail/dist.html

In addition, Dan will approve distribution of specific binary packages, which
he should have done for the Debian package that contains this file by the time
you get to read it.

He also states (see ftp://koobera.math.uic.edu/www/softwarelaw.html)
the following:

  What does all this mean for the free software world? Once you've legally
  downloaded a program, you can compile it. You can run it. You can modify
  it. You can distribute your patches for other people to use. If you think
  you need a license from the copyright holder, you've been bamboozled by
  Microsoft. As long as you're not distributing the software, you have
  nothing to worry about.

Of course, this only applies to people under US jurisdiction, but Dan
claims that similar laws are in effect in most of the countries that
take any notice of copyright, so I suppose that one can assume that
this encapsulates his wishes on the subject.

Cheers, Phil.
<phil@hands.com>
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	3
	4	Unfortunately (from SPI's point of view) Dan Bernstein does not include
	5	a conventional licence for qmail, so instead you must examine his published
	6	documentation on the subject to determine your rights to use his software.
	7
	8	The right to distribute unmodified copies of the qmail-1.01 source is granted
	9	here:
	10
	11	ftp://koobera.math.uic.edu/www/qmail/dist.html
	12
	13	In addition, Dan will approve distribution of specific binary packages, which
	14	he should have done for the Debian package that contains this file by the time
	15	you get to read it.
	16
	17	He also states (see ftp://koobera.math.uic.edu/www/softwarelaw.html)
	18	the following:
	19
	20	What does all this mean for the free software world? Once you've legally
	21	downloaded a program, you can compile it. You can run it. You can modify
	22	it. You can distribute your patches for other people to use. If you think
	23	you need a license from the copyright holder, you've been bamboozled by
	24	Microsoft. As long as you're not distributing the software, you have
	25	nothing to worry about.
	26
	27	Of course, this only applies to people under US jurisdiction, but Dan
	28	claims that similar laws are in effect in most of the countries that
	29	take any notice of copyright, so I suppose that one can assume that
	30	this encapsulates his wishes on the subject.
	31
	32	Cheers, Phil.
	33	<phil@hands.com>