Karl Bongers writes: > That sounds to me like he is prohibiting you from producing > modifications. Which could put you at a disadvantage if you > build a system around it. Like what? If you have a legitimate need for a modification, such as the QMAILQUEUE patch, then you could ask him for an exception. He doesn't want people distributing modified versions for compatibility and reliability reasons. When vendors can install things wherever they want, it makes things difficult for users and people trying to help them. Vendors could also break things and give the software a bad name. You could always go the FreeBSD ports route. The qmail port installs at least one patch automatically when building. This is perfectly legal, since the patching is done by the end user. No modified binaries are being distributed. The end result here is good: If you install qmail according to the install instructions or "Life with qmail", it will work. If you need help with something, you can be given very specific instructions that will work. The same does not hold true for most other software. -- David Phillips <david at acz.org> http://david.acz.org/ _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list