On Wed, 6 Jan 1999, Wietse Venema wrote:
> > The license also gives IBM special rights over all enhancements to the
> > IBM Secure Mailer. If you distribute an IBM Secure Mailer add-on, for
> > example, then IBM can turn your add-on into an IBM commercial product
> > without your permission.
>
> Excuse me for breaking into a conversation in order to provide
> information.
>
> 1: ANYONE can grab Postfix source code from the net and turn it
> into a commercial product.
This is untrue. IBM's download page for Postfix (which appears to be the
only place it's available) insists that it is covered by IBM's rather ugly
"Alphaworks" license, which allows only "personal, non-commercial, and
lawful end use", and no redistribution of any kind. Additionally, you are
required to destroy all copies after 90 days.
I've heard lots of people claim Postfix has been "released under a free
license", but I don't find this to be the case. If Postfix has been
released, then its license is non-free. If the Alphaworks license is
temporary, then Postfix hasn't made it to the "release" stage.
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