Re: [exim] dlfunc and license issues

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Author: Tony Finch
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To: Nigel Metheringham
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] dlfunc and license issues
On Tue, 17 Jul 2007, Nigel Metheringham wrote:
>
> Now it may be a case that you would get away with just using a DL
> component, but you might not, and even if you won a legal case with
> it, there is sufficient ambiguity for it to cost you a substantial
> amount to make your point :-)


I think this is silly, and Philip's description of the intent of the
licence is correct. The whole point of the dlfunc feature is to allow
people to extend Exim without modifying it. I can't imagine why we should
care (to the extent of suing) about how third party software is licensed.
In any case, anyone who wants to implement non-free MTA extensions can use
Sendmail or Postfix.

Tony.
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