From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Mar 16 18:15:11 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA21045 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 16 Mar 1998 18:15:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from germanium.xtalwind.net (germanium.xtalwind.net [205.160.242.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA21032; Mon, 16 Mar 1998 18:14:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jack@germanium.xtalwind.net) Received: from localhost (jack@localhost) by germanium.xtalwind.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id VAA08510; Mon, 16 Mar 1998 21:14:47 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 21:14:47 -0500 (EST) From: jack To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sendmail going commercial, and ? In-Reply-To: <199803170153.RAA12188@hub.freebsd.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ freeware versions of the program. In an unusual hybrid strategy, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Olson said he will continue to help develop new iterations of vvvv ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ free sendmail while packaging his own offering. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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. :) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack O'Neill Systems Administrator / Systems Analyst jack@germanium.xtalwind.net Crystal Wind Communications, Inc. Finger jack@germanium.xtalwind.net for my PGP key. PGP Key fingerprint = F6 C4 E6 D4 2F 15 A7 67 FD 09 E9 3C 5F CC EB CD enriched, vcard, HTML messages > /dev/null -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message