Felipe Augusto van de Wiel wrote:
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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).
http://packages.debian.org/stable/mail/qmail-src
"Dan Bernstein (qmail's author) only gives permission for qmail to be
distributed in source form, or binary for by approval. This package has
been put together to allow people to easily build a qmail binary package
for themselves, from source.
This package builds a binary .deb that is FHS compliant and conforms to
the Debian standards guidelines. The resulting binary packages are not
suitable for re-distribution. "
DAve
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Three years now I've asked Google why they don't have a
logo change for Memorial Day. Why do they choose to do logos
for other non-international holidays, but nothing for
Veterans?
Maybe they forgot who made that choice possible.
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