Qmail-distribution

From Qmailwiki

To take advantage of Qmail's new Public Domain license, qmail-distribution was setup to host new distributions of Qmail. Developers combine patches into one easy to download distribution.

Contents 1 The Problem 2 New License 3 References 4 External links

[edit] The Problem

Many qmail patches have been created to increase the functionality of qmail. Due to licensing issues, "users can freely download it and use it, but they cannot create derivative works and redistribute them."

[edit] New License

In November 2007, the author of qmail changed the license agreement to Public Domain. With this new license, patch developers are able to combine their patches into a new distribution and redistribute their work. The goal of qmail-distribution is to organize this new effort.

[edit] References

• Understanding Open-Source Licensing
• qmail released into the public domain

[edit] External links

• qmail-distribution Create and host your own Qmail distribution on Google Projects.
• Information for distributors Public Domain announcement
• qmail.org Qmail now open source!