Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 21:14:47 -0500 (EST) From: jack <jack@germanium.xtalwind.net> To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sendmail going commercial, and ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980316210313.8467A-100000@germanium.xtalwind.net> In-Reply-To: <199803170153.RAA12188@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Mon, 16 Mar 1998, Jonathan M. Bresler wrote:
> Simon Shapiro wrote:
> > Yup. I think it is good news that sendmail goes commercial. now this
> > abomination will be removed from the FreeBSD source tree. We may be able
> > to put something else there. Evind, Ready?
>
> how soon they forget.
> the body is not even still (sendmail will deliver this message)
> and already they are kicking it....
>
> forlk, you may not like sendmail
> it may be frustrating at times.
> but it has served us well for years!
>
> show a little kindness.
>
>
> plus it aint no sure thang that we are replacing it.
_IF_ the sendmail opponents bothered to read the announcement
they only saw what they wanted to see and totally ignored the
paragarph that states:
Emoryville, Calif.-based Sendmail Inc. will not subsume the
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freeware versions of the program. In an unusual hybrid strategy,
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Olson said he will continue to help develop new iterations of
vvvv ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
free sendmail while packaging his own offering.
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The code is everywhere, people, complete with BSD copyright.
Just because someone makes a commercial version does not prevent
anyone and everyone from maintaining, expanding, and improving
the bits.
Just think in terms of FreeBSD and BSDi. :)
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