Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 12:04:32 -0700 From: Rick Updegrove <freebsdstable@updegrove.net> To: FreeBSD-stable@FreeBSD.org Cc: FreeBSD-qa@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Mail selection options in sysinstall(8). Message-ID: <3F6B5340.30601@updegrove.net> In-Reply-To: <20030918152942.5c7163df.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> References: <20030918152942.5c7163df.trhodes@FreeBSD.org>
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Tom Rhodes wrote: >Greetings, > >This is just a quick note that the MTA installation options in >sysinstall(8) has changed. Users now have the option of choosing >between Sendmail, Postfix, and Exim. > >Due to legal issues, qmail was not added to the selection. Sorry. > > > Could you please elaborate on these "legal issues"? http://cr.yp.to/qmail/dist.html says If you want to distribute modified versions of qmail (including ports, no matter how minor the changes are) you'll have to get my approval. This does not mean approval of your distribution method, your intentions, your e-mail address, your haircut, or any other irrelevant information. It means a detailed review of the exact package that you want to distribute. Exception: You are permitted to distribute a precompiled var-qmail package <var-qmail.html> if (1) installing the package produces /exactly/ the same /var/qmail hierarchy as a user would obtain by downloading, compiling, and installing qmail-1.03.tar.gz, fastforward-0.51.tar.gz, and dot-forward-0.71.tar.gz; (2) the package behaves correctly, i.e., the same way as normal qmail+fastforward+dot-forward installations on all other systems; and (3) the package's creator warrants that he has made a good-faith attempt to ensure that the package behaves correctly. It is not acceptable <../compatibility.html> to have qmail working differently on different machines; any variation is a bug. If there's something about a system (compiler, libraries, kernel, hardware, whatever) that changes qmail's behavior, then that platform is /not/ supported, and you are /not/ permitted to distribute binaries.
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