Re: Sendmail vs. Postfix vs. ?

["L. V. Lammert" <lvl@omnitec.net>]

On Fri, 3 Sep 2004, Casey Boone wrote:

> i dont understand why it not being bsd licensed has anything to do with
> using it.  the licensing issues would only affect(effect?) you if you
> modified it in some way and wanted to redistribute it.  IIRC postfix is in
> the ports collection and you compiling/installing it is in no way restricted
> by the license it is under.
>
It is our policy to only use s/w that is BSD licensed for our primary
servers. Sort of the principle of the thing. There are many options out
there, why not use the ones that follow your ideology?

> you might have something if there were commercial usage restrictions or
> something like that, but if you have no interest in redistributing a derived
> product then why care?
>
If you like Pontiac's, you buy Pontiacs. If you like Chevy's you buy
Chevy's.

Besides, one must have a *little* suspicion of a s/w license more
restrictive than BSD. To some degree, GPL will have more and more legal
issues in the near future, as the SCO case disintegrates and the s/w
patent issues start wending their way through the courts.

IANALE, but I trust the folks that know the minutae and can only pass
along their positions.

	Lee

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  Leland V. Lammert            lvl@omnitec.net
    Chief Scientist     Omnitec Corporation
 Network/Internet Consultants   www.omnitec.net
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