X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/~mdw/qmail/blobdiff_plain/2117e02ec495fdfd6e96b39778b701a5bcff8aa5..9312c29dd4ff4591809c01f71361d8cfe92db67c:/debian/copyright diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4ba0bb1 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/copyright @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +Qmail is Copyright 1996, D. J. Bernstein. +-- + +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. +