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On 02/28/2007 06:31 AM, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 10:13:35PM -0800, Eric Smith wrote:
>> Someone was quoted as having written:
[...]
>> It it was "free as in freedom" software, I'd be able to modify it, and
>> distribute the modified version in its entirety.
>
>> If it was "free as in freedom" software, an up-to-date version of it
>> incorporating useful patches would come with Linux and xBSD distributions.
>
> Not necessarily - the distributors of this software have the freedom to
> chose the software they distribute
Hmmm... it seems that Debian is not packaging qmail, and the
reason is not because they have the freedom to choose, but because
they can't change a few items to comply to FHS and DFSG (Debian Free
Software Guidelines).
>> If it was "free as in freedom" software, the only things I wouldn't be
>> allowed to do with it would be to strip off copyright notices, or to
>> restrict the distribution rights of others.
>
> qmail is "free as in freedom". You are free to run it, modify it, and to
> distribute your modifications. DJB's restrictions don't restrict these
> essential freedoms.
As long as you abide to DJB "freedom rules", then of
course, qmail is "free as in freedom". :-)
Really, I don't see a good reason for us to discuss
that, and I really aggree that free software shouldn't be a
religious thing, but I have this strange feeling that someone
should check FSF before make statements about qmail being free
as in freedom:
License of Qmail
The license of Qmail is not a free software
license because it mostly prohibits the
distribution of modified versions.
-- http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/
Kind regards,
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Felipe Augusto van de Wiel <felipe@paranacidade.org.br>
Coordenadoria de Tecnologia da Informação (CTI) - SEDU/PARANACIDADE
http://www.paranacidade.org.br/ Phone: (+55 41 3350 3300)
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